Poisons Regulations 1965 (WA)

Western Australia

Poisons Act 1964

These regulations were repealed as a result of the repeal of the Poisons Act 1964 by the Medicines and Poisons Act 2014 s. 137 (No. 13 of 2014) as at 30 Jan 2017 (see Gazette 17 Jan 2017 p. 403).

Western Australia

Poisons Act 1964

Poisons Regulations 1965

[Heading inserted in Gazette 12 Aug 2003 p. 3664.]

[Heading deleted in Gazette 12 Aug 2003 p. 3663.]

These regulations may be cited as the Poisons Regulations 1965 1.

[Regulation 1 amended in Gazette 12 Oct 1984 p. 3267.]

[Heading deleted in Gazette 12 Aug 2003 p. 3663.]

• (1)

  In these regulations unless the context requires otherwise — 

Act means the Poisons Act 1964;

animal includes bees, birds, cetaceans, crustaceans, fish, molluscs and reptiles;

approved electronic prescribing system means a system of electronic prescribing approved by the CEO under regulation 32B;

approved needle and syringe programme means a needle and syringe programme that has been approved by the CEO;

authorised health practitioner, in relation to a scheduled medicine or class of scheduled medicine, means a person who is authorised under Part 2A to administer, possess, prescribe, sell, supply or use the scheduled medicine or class of scheduled medicine;

certificated commercial vessel means a fishing vessel, passenger vessel or trading ship as defined in the Western Australian Marine Act 1982 section 3(1);

child means a person under the age of 12 years;

coordinator, in relation to an approved needle and syringe programme, means the person nominated in an application referred to in regulation 12A to be the coordinator of that programme;

dermatologist means a person whose name is contained in the register of specialist dermatologists kept by the Medical Board of Australia under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law ( Western Australia ) section 223;

direction means regular and frequent supervision but does not necessarily imply continuous personal supervision;

director of nursing means a registered nurse appointed — 

• (a)

  to be in charge of a hospital; or

• (b)

  to a remote area nursing post;

dispense, in relation to a medicine or a poison —

• (a)

  means supply the medicine or poison on and in accordance with a prescription duly given by a medical practitioner, a nurse practitioner, a dentist or a veterinary surgeon; and

• (b)

  in relation to a drug of addiction, has a meaning affected by regulation 42A;

distributor means a person who imports, sells or otherwise supplies a poison;

dosage unit means an individual dose of a poison and includes a tablet, capsule, cachet, single dose powder, or a single dose sachet of powders or granules;

endorsed midwife means a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Western Australia) whose name is entered on the Register of Midwives kept under that Law and whose registration is endorsed under section 94 of that Law;

endorsed optometrist means a person…