Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2022 (NSW)

Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2022 No 73

An Act to regulate activities involving scheduled substances and certain therapeutic goods to protect public health and safety; to repeal the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966 and certain instruments under that Act; and to make consequential amendments to other legislation.

Chapter 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Act This Act is the Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2022.

2 Commencement This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation.

3 Objects of Act (1) The objects of this Act are as follows— (a) to regulate activities involving scheduled substances and other prescribed therapeutic goods to protect public health and safety, (b) to use the Commonwealth Poisons Standard as the basis for classifying and regulating certain substances, (c) to complement the Commonwealth laws that regulate therapeutic goods, including by providing for certain Commonwealth laws to apply as a law of New South Wales in relation to the activities of persons who are not corporations, (d) to authorise certain activities involving scheduled substances and other prescribed therapeutic goods, including when the activities are prohibited under another law, (e) to provide for effective administration and enforcement mechanisms in relation to scheduled substances and other prescribed therapeutic goods. (2) In the exercise of functions under this Act, the protection of public health and safety must be the paramount consideration.

4 Definitions (1) The Dictionary in Schedule 3 defines words used in this Act.

Note— The Interpretation Act 1987 contains definitions and other provisions affecting the interpretation and application of this Act. (2) A reference in this Act to a substance using "Schedule" with a number is a reference to the substance specified in the Schedule with that number in the NSW Poisons Schedules.