Victorian Numbered Regulations

DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES AMENDMENT (PILL TESTING) REGULATIONS 2024 (SR NO 126 OF 2024) - REG 11

    (1)     After regulation 115(3) of the Principal Regulations insert —

    "(3A)     Subject to subregulation (7), regulation 114 does not apply to a Schedule 8 poison or Schedule 9 poison if—

        (a)     it is destroyed by a special drug‑checking worker in the presence of another person who is a special drug‑checking worker or a registered medical practitioner, pharmacist, veterinary practitioner, dentist, nurse or registered midwife; and

        (b)     the details of the destruction are recorded in the records required to be kept under regulation 108, including—

              (i)     the name, strength and quantity of the poisons destroyed; and

              (ii)     the method and place of destruction; and

              (iii)     the names of the persons carrying out the destruction; and

              (iv)     the names of the witnesses.".

    (2)     In regulation 115(7) of the Principal Regulations, after "(3)," insert "(3A),".