Medicines and Poisons Act 2014

In this Act —

adopted code has the meaning given in section 132(1);

Agvet Code of Western Australia has the meaning given in the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Western Australia) Act 1995 section 3;

authorised health professional means a health professional who has a professional authority;

CEO means the chief executive officer of the Department;

compliance notice means a notice given under section 71;

corporate officer, in relation to a body corporate, means an individual who is an officer, as defined in the Corporations Act 2001 (Commonwealth) section 9, of the body corporate;

Department means the department of the Public Service principally assisting in the administration of this Act;

drugs of addiction record means the record kept under section 88;

health professional means a person who is —

investigator means a person designated under section 95(1) to be an investigator;

licence means a licence granted under Part 4 Division 2;

licensee means the holder of a licence;

manufacture has the meaning given in section 6;

medicine means a substance that is a Schedule 2, 3, 4 or 8 poison;

needle and syringe programme means a programme to do one or more of the following principally for the purpose of preventing the spread of infectious diseases that are carried in the blood —

permit means a permit granted under Part 4 Division 2;

permit holder means the holder of a permit;

pharmacist means a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Western Australia) in the pharmacy profession;

pharmacy means premises registered as a pharmacy under the Pharmacy Act 2010 section 39;

poison means a substance that is a Schedule 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 poison;

prescribe, in relation to a poison, has the meaning given in section 7(1);

prescriber has the meaning given in section 7(1);

prescription has the meaning given in section 7(1);

professional authority means —

register means the register kept under section 75;

registered health practitioner means a health practitioner who is registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Western Australia) to practice a health profession;

Schedule 2 poison means a substance that is classified by regulations made under section 4(1) as a poison included in Schedule 2;

Schedule 3 poison means a substance that is classified by regulations made under section 4(1) as a poison included in Schedule 3;

Schedule 4 poison means a substance that is classified by regulations made under section 4(1) as a poison included in Schedule 4;

Schedule 5 poison means a substance that is classified by regulations made under section 4(1) as a poison included in Schedule 5;

Schedule 6 poison means a substance that is classified by regulations made under section 4(1) as a poison included in Schedule 6;

Schedule 7 notice means a notice given under section 72;

Schedule 7 poison means a substance that is classified by regulations made under section 4(1) as a poison included in Schedule 7;

Schedule 8 poison means a substance that is classified by regulations made under section 4(1) as a poison included in Schedule 8;

Schedule 9 poison means a substance that is classified by regulations made under section 4(1) as a poison included in Schedule 9;

strictly controlled substance means a substance that is classified by regulations made under section 5(1) as a strictly controlled substance;

substance includes a compound, preparation, mixture or plant;

supply has the meaning given in section 8;

therapeutic goods law means —

veterinarian has the meaning given in the Veterinary Practice Act 2021 section 3.

voluntary assisted dying substance means a Schedule 4 or 8 poison that is a voluntary assisted dying substance as defined in the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2019 section 7(2).

[Section 3 amended: No. 27 of 2019 s. 174; No. 19 of 2021 s. 232(2)‑(4); No. 19 of 2024 s. 35.]