Poisons (Declared Restricted Substances) Amendment Order 2003

Poisons (Declared Restricted Substances) Amendment Order 2003

I make the following order under section 36 of the Poisons Act 1971 .

18 March 2003

D. E. Llewellyn

Minister for Health and Human Services

1.   Short title

This order may be cited as the Poisons (Declared Restricted Substances) Amendment Order 2003 .

2.   Commencement

This order takes effect on the day on which its making is notified in the Gazette.

3.   Principal Order

In this order, the Poisons (Declared Restricted Substances) Order 1990 is referred to as the Principal Order.

4.    Schedule 1 amended (Substances to which section 36 of the Poisons Act 1971 applies)

Schedule 1 to the Principal Order is amended as follows:

(a) by omitting item 21A and substituting the following:

21A.	Darbepoetin alfa.
21B.	Dextropropoxyphene (S4).

(b) by omitting item 24A and substituting the following:

24A.	Epoetin alfa.
24B.	Epoetin beta.
24C.	Erythropoietin.
24D.	Erythropoietins except when separately specified in this Schedule.

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 2 April 2003

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 (Declared Restricted Substances) Order 1990 by adding darbepoetin alfa, epoetin alfa, epoetin beta and certain erythropoietins to the list of restricted substances to which section 36 of the Poisons Act 1971 applies.