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CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES (POISONS) REGULATIONS 2011 - REG 31

31—Prohibition on use of certain poisons

        (1)         A person must not sell, supply, prescribe or use amygdalin for human therapeutic use unless—

            (a)         special access to amygdalin has been authorised in accordance with the requirements of sections 18 and 31A of the Commonwealth Act and regulation 12A of the Therapeutic Goods Regulations 1990 made under that Act; and

            (b)         permission for the importation of amygdalin (subject to special access authorisation) has been granted under regulation 5H and Schedule 8 item 12AA of the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956 of the Commonwealth.

Maximum penalty: $5 000.

        (2)         A person must not—

            (a)         prescribe, sell, supply or purchase a poison produced for the treatment of animals if the person knows, or if there are reasonable grounds for suspecting, that the poison is intended for human use; or

            (b)         administer to any person (including himself or herself) a poison produced for the treatment of animals; or

            (c)         use choramphenicol for the treatment of stock bred, raised or used for the purpose of providing a product for human consumption.

Maximum penalty: $5 000.

        (3)         In this regulation—

"stock" means—

            (a)         a bird or other animal; or

            (b)         a bee of the genus Apis or Megachile .



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