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Madam Speaker, this Bill requires manufacturers and sellers of schedule 7 poisons to be licensed and researchers using schedule 7 poisons to be authorised and provides for licence and authorisation fees to be set. There is provision for appeal to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal in relation to licences and authorisations. The Bill also provides for essential additional controls over the most dangerous schedule 7 poisons to be introduced by regulation. Such additional controls are in accordance with a National Health and Medical Research Council recommendation. For example, the poisons arsenic and strychnine will be available to authorised or licensed people only for research or industrial and manufacturing purposes.
The other Bills in the package are the Poisons (Amendment) Bill 1992, which contains amendments to the Poisons Act 1933 consequential upon the Poisons and Drugs (Amendment) Bill 1992, and the Drugs of Dependence (Amendment) Bill (No. 5) 1992, which contains amendments consequential upon the Poisons and Drugs (Amendment) Bill. I present the explanatory memorandum for the Poisons and Drugs (Amendment) Bill 1992.
Debate (on motion by Mrs Carnell) adjourned.
POISONS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1992
MR BERRY (Minister for Health, Minister for Industrial Relations and Minister for Sport) (10.39): I present the Poisons (Amendment) Bill 1992.
Title read by Clerk.
MR BERRY: Madam Speaker, I move:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
The Poisons (Amendment) Bill 1992 is the second in a package of three Bills which includes the Poisons and Drugs (Amendment) Bill 1992 and the Drugs of Dependence (Amendment) Bill (No. 5) 1992. It contains amendments to the Poisons Act 1933 consequential upon the Poisons and Drugs (Amendment) Bill 1992. For instance, licensing of vendors of schedule 7 poisons will be incorporated into the Poisons and Drugs Act 1978 by the Poisons and Drugs (Amendment) Bill 1992 and, therefore, the Poisons (Amendment) Bill contains consequential amendments to omit licensing of vendors of such poisons from the Poisons Act.
The Poisons Act retains licensing provisions for vendors of domestic chemicals and the less dangerous industrial and agricultural poisons. The Bill also removes sexist language from the Poisons Act in line with government policy. I present the explanatory memorandum for the Poisons (Amendment) Bill 1992.
Debate (on motion by Mrs Carnell) adjourned.
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