Queensland Consolidated Regulations

HEALTH (DRUGS AND POISONS) REGULATION 1996 - REG 9A

9A Classification of new drugs and poisons

(1) This section applies to a drug or poison for human or animal therapeutic use (a
"new drug or poison" ) if—

(a) the drug or poison becomes available for sale in the State before a decision is made about whether it is to be included in a schedule to the current Poisons Standard; and

(b) the chief executive reasonably believes it will be listed in schedule 4 or schedule 8 of the current Poisons Standard.

(2) The new drug or poison is taken to be a restricted drug until—

(a) the new drug or poison is included in a schedule to the current Poisons Standard; or

(b) the Secretary to the Department in which the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 (Cwlth) is administered, or the Secretary’s delegate, decides the new drug or poison is not to be included in a schedule.