Poisons List Amendment Order (No. 4) 1999
I make the following order under section 15(1) of the Poisons Act 1971 .
10 December 1999Judy Jackson
Minister for Health and Human Services
This order may be cited as the Poisons List Amendment Order (No. 4) 1999 .
This order takes effect on the day on which its making is notified in the Gazette.
In this order, the Poisons List Order 1998 is referred to as the Principal Order.
4. Schedule 2 amended (Medicinal Poisons)
Schedule 2 to the Principal Order is amended as follows:(a) by omitting item 2026 and substituting the following:
2026.
Codeine when labelled with a recommended dose not exceeding 15mg of codeine and –
(a) compounded with aspirin, paracetamol or any one of their derivatives and no other analgesic substance in tablets or capsules each containing 10mg or less of codeine when –
(i) packed in blister or strip packaging or in a container with a child-resistant closure; and
(ii) in a primary pack containing 25 or less dosage units; or
(b) compounded with aspirin, paracetamol or any one of their derivatives and no other analgesic substance in individually wrapped powders each containing 10mg or less of codeine when in a primary pack containing 25 or less dosage units; or
(c) compounded with one or more other therapeutically active substances other than an antihistamine –
(i) in divided preparations each containing 10mg or less of codeine; or
(ii) in undivided preparations each containing 0.25% or less of codeine.
(b) by omitting item 2051 and substituting the following:
2051.
Glyceryl trinitrate except when included in Schedule 4 .
(c) by omitting item 2097 and substituting the following:
2097.
Phenylenediamines and alkylated phenylenediamines, for therapeutic use.
5. Schedule 3 amended (Potent Substances)
Schedule 3 to the Principal Order is amended by inserting after item 3040 the following items:
3040E.
Nicotinic acid for human therapeutic use except –
(a) in preparations containing 100mg or less of nicotinic acid per dosage unit; or
(b) nicotinamide.
3040M.
Nicotinyl alcohol except in preparations containing 100mg or less of nicotinyl alcohol per dosage unit.
6. Schedule 4 amended (Restricted Substances)
Schedule 4 to the Principal Order is amended as follows:(a) by inserting before item 40000M the following:
40000.
Abacavir.
(b) by inserting after item 40000M the following:
40000S.
Acamprosate calcium.
(c) by omitting item 40062M and substituting the following:
40062M.
Ammonium bromide for therapeutic use.
(d) by inserting after item 40184 the following:
40184S.
Capecitabine.
(e) by omitting item 40262 and substituting the following:
40262.
Cholestyramine (colestyramine) for human therapeutic use.
(f) by omitting item 40307 and substituting the following:
40307.
Colaspase (L-asparaginase).
(g) by inserting after item 40338 the following:
40338M.
Daclizumab.
(h) by omitting item 40347E and substituting the following:
40347E.
Decamethonium salts.
(i) by omitting item 40378 ;(j) by omitting item 40451S and substituting the following:
40451S.
Edrophonium salts.
40451W.
Efavirenz.
(k) by omitting item 40452S and substituting the following:
40452S.
Emepronium salts.
(l) by inserting after item 40459 the following:
40459E.
Entacapone.
(m) by omitting item 40491 and substituting the following:
40491.
Etidronic acid (includes disodium etidronate) –
(a) for internal use; or
(b) in topical preparations except in preparations containing 1% or less of etidronic acid.
(n) by omitting item 40544 and substituting the following:
40544.
Follitropin alpha (recombinant human follicle-stimulating hormone).
(o) by omitting item 40548 and substituting the following:
40548.
Fosfestrol (diethylstilboestrol diphosphate).
(p) by inserting after item 40567M the following:
40567V.
Glatiramer acetate.
(q) by omitting item 40575 and substituting the following:
40575.
Glyceryl trinitrate in preparations for injection.
(r) by omitting item 40582 and substituting the following:
40582.
Granisetron.
(s) by inserting after item 40623M the following:
40623V.
Imiglucerase.
(t) by omitting item 40631 and substituting the following:
40631.
Interferons.
(u) by omitting item 40668M ;(v) by omitting item 40689M ;(w) by omitting items 40831 and 40832 ;(x) by omitting item 40865S and substituting the following:
40865S.
Oestrogens except when separately specified in these Schedules.
(y) by omitting item 40889M and substituting the following:
40889M.
Oxitropium salts.
(z) by inserting after item 40903 the following:
40903M.
Palivizumab.
(za) by omitting item 40977M and substituting the following:
40977M.
Potassium bromide for therapeutic use.
(zb) by omitting item 41001E and substituting the following:
41001E.
Progestogens except when separately specified in these Schedules.
(zc) by omitting item 41011 ;(zd) by omitting items 41034-S and 41034S and substituting the following:
41034M.
Rabies vaccines.
41034S.
Raloxifene.
(ze) by omitting items 41038 and 41039 and substituting the following:
41039.
Rauwolfia spp. for therapeutic use (includes rauwolfia serpentina).
(zf) by inserting after item 41040 the following:
41040E.
Repaglinide.
(zg) by omitting item 41076S and substituting the following:
41076S.
Sodium bromide for therapeutic use.
(zh) by omitting item 41099E and substituting the following:
41099E.
Steroid hormones except when separately specified in these Schedules.
(zi) by inserting after item 41126 the following:
41126E.
Temozolomide.
(zj) by omitting item 41137M and substituting the following:
41137M.
Tetraethylammonium salts.
(zk) by omitting item 41157 and substituting the following:
41157.
Thymoxamine (includes thymoxamine hydrochloride).
(zl) by omitting item 41160 and substituting the following:
41160.
Thyroxine (includes thyroxine sodium).
(zm) by inserting after item 41176 the following:
41176E.
Tirofiban hydrochloride.
(zn) by omitting item 41181 and substituting the following:
41181.
Tolazoline.
(zo) by inserting after item 41185 the following:
41185E.
Tolterodine tartrate.
(zp) by inserting after item 41214E the following:
41214S.
Troglitazone.
(zq) by omitting item 41247 and substituting the following:
41247.
Warfarin for therapeutic use.
(zr) by inserting after item 41251 the following:
41251E.
Zanamivir.
(zs) by inserting after item 41253 the following:
41253J.
Zilpaterol.
7. Schedule 5 amended (Domestic Poisons)
Schedule 5 to the Principal Order is amended as follows:(a) by omitting item 5009 and substituting the following:
5009.
Alpha-cypermethrin –
(a) in aqueous preparations containing 3% or less of alpha-cypermethrin; or
(b) in other preparations containing 1.5% or less of alpha-cypermethrin.
(b) by inserting after item 5023 the following:
5023M.
Benzalkonium chloride in preparations containing 10% or less of benzalkonium chloride except in preparations containing 5% or less of benzalkonium chloride.
(c) by inserting after item 5099M the following:
5099V.
Emamectin in preparations containing 2% or less of emamectin.
(d) by inserting after item 5148 the following:
5148M.
Imazamox except in preparations containing 25% or less of imazamox.
(e) by omitting item 5154 and substituting the following:
5154.
Iron compounds –
(a) for the treatment of animals (excluding up to 1% of iron oxides when present as an excipient) –
(i) in preparations for injection containing 20% or less of iron except in preparations for injection containing 0.1% or less of iron; or
(ii) in other preparations containing 4% or less of iron except in liquid or gel preparations containing 0.1% or less of iron; or
(iii) in other preparations containing 4% or less of iron except in animal feeds or feed premixes; or
(b) in garden preparations except in preparations containing 4% or less of iron.
(f) by inserting after item 5209 the following:
5209S.
Oxadiargyl.
(g) by inserting after paragraph (c) in item 5229 the following:
5229E.
Picaridin except in preparations containing 20% or less of picaridin.
(h) by inserting after item 5253 the following:
5253M.
Selamectin except in preparations containing 12% or less of selamectin.
8. Schedule 6 amended (Agricultural and Industrial Poisons)
Schedule 6 to the Principal Order is amended as follows:(a) by inserting after item 6031 the following:
6031M.
Benzalkonium chloride except –
(a) when included in Schedule 5 ; or
(b) in preparations containing 5% or less of benzalkonium chloride.
(b) by inserting after item 6148 the following:
6148S.
Emamectin in preparations containing 5% or less of emamectin except when included in Schedule 5 .
(c) by omitting item 6292 and substituting the following:
6292.
Phenylenediamines and alkylated phenylenediamines not elsewhere specified in this Schedule or Schedule 2 –
(a) when used in hair dyes; or
(b) in preparations packed and labelled for photographic purposes; or
(c) in preparations packed and labelled for testing water, except in tablets containing 10mg or less of diethyl-para-phenylenediamine or dimethyl-para-phenylenediamine in opaque strip packaging, provided the directions for use include the statement –
Do not discard testing solutions into the pool.
(d) by omitting item 6317 and substituting the following:
6317.
Propoxur except when included in Schedule 5 .
(e) by omitting item 6383 and substituting the following:
6383.
Warfarin except when included in Schedule 4 or 5 .
(f) by omitting item 6390 and substituting the following:
6390.
Ziram in granular preparations.
9. Schedule 7 amended (Dangerous Poisons)
Schedule 7 to the Principal Order is amended as follows:(a) by inserting after item 7094 the following:
7094M.
Emamectin except when included in Schedule 5 or 6 .
(b) by inserting after item 7223 the following:
7224.
Ziram except when included in Schedule 6 .
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 15 December 1999
This order is administered in the Department of Health and Human Services.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the order)
This order amends the Poisons List Order 1998 (S.R. 1998, No. 121) so as to adopt changes recommended by the National Drugs and Poisons Schedule Committee.