Poisons Amendment (Offences) Regulations 2002

Poisons Amendment (Offences) Regulations 2002

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Poisons Act 1971 .

G. S. M. Green

Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

Judy Jackson

Minister for Health and Human Services

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Poisons Amendment (Offences) Regulations 2002 .

2.   Commencement

These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.

3.   Principal Regulations

In these regulations, the Poisons Regulations 1975 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.

4.   Regulation 57A inserted

After regulation 57 of the Principal Regulations, the following regulation is inserted:

57A.   Offence to act if right suspended or revoked

A person must not –

(a) make, refine, prepare, prescribe, sell, supply or have in his or her possession a scheduled substance, prohibited substance or raw narcotic; or

(b) grow, cultivate, use or have in his or her possession a prohibited plant –

during any period in which a right conferred on the person to do so has been suspended or revoked by the Minister under section 92(1) of the Act.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.

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

Notified in the Gazette on 15 May 2002

These regulations are administered in the Department of Health and Human Services.