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CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES (POISONS) REGULATIONS 2011 - REG 5

5—Declaration of poisons (section 12(1) of Act)

        (1)         Pursuant to section 12(1) of the Act, the following substances (whether in a pure form, or contained in a preparation or admixture) are declared to be poisons:

            (a)         the primary substances listed in Schedules 1 to 8 and Schedule 10 of the Uniform Poisons Standard;

            (b)         section 17A, 17B and 17C precursors;

            (c)         the following related substances, but subject to any express exclusion contained in the Uniform Poisons Standard:

                  (i)         the artificial form of a primary substance;

                  (ii)         if a primary substance is a plant (other than a plant included in Schedule 8 of the Uniform Poisons Standard)—that plant, or any part of that plant, when packed or prepared for therapeutic use;

                  (iii)         every salt, active principle or derivative (including an ester or ether) of a primary substance and every salt of such an active principle or derivative;

                  (iv)         every alkaloid of a primary substance and every salt of such an alkaloid;

                  (v)         every stereoisomer of a primary substance and every salt of such a stereoisomer.

        (2)         A related substance will be taken to be included in the Schedule, or Schedules, of the Uniform Poisons Standard in which the primary substance to which it is related is included.

        (3)         A reference in these regulations to a poison will be taken to include a reference to the primary substance and its related substances (in each case whether in a pure form, or contained in a preparation or admixture).



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