Poisons List Amendment Order (No. 4) 2001
I make the following order under section 15(1) of the Poisons Act 1971 .
14 December 2001Judy Jackson
Minister for Health and Human Services
This order may be cited as the Poisons List Amendment Order (No. 4) 2001 .
This order takes effect on the day on which its making is notified in the Gazette.
In this order, the Poisons List Order 2001 is referred to as the Principal Order.
4. Schedule 2 amended (Medicinal Poisons)
Schedule 2 to the Principal Order is amended by omitting item 2073 and substituting:
2073.
Iron compounds (excluding iron oxides when present as an excipient up to 1% in undivided preparations or up to 10mg per dosage unit in divided preparations) for human internal use except –
(a) when included in Schedule 4 ; or
(b) when labelled with a recommended daily dose of 24mg or less of iron –
(i) in undivided preparations supplied in packs each containing 750mg or less of iron; or
(ii) in divided preparations –
(A) containing more than 5mg of iron per dosage unit in packs each containing 750mg or less of iron; or
(B) containing 5mg or less of iron per dosage unit.
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 26 December 2001
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 2001 by substituting the entry for iron compounds in Schedule 2 as recommended by the National Drugs and Poisons Schedule Committee.