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 .