Poisons Amendment Regulations 2020

Poisons Amendment Regulations 2020

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 .

28 January 2020

C. WARNER

Governor

By Her Excellency's Command,

Jeremy Rockliff

Minister for Education and Training acting for and on behalf of the Minister for Health

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Poisons Amendment Regulations 2020 .

2.   Commencement

These regulations take effect on the day on which the Poisons Amendment Act 2019 commences.

3.   Principal Regulations

In these regulations, the Poisons Regulations 2018 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.

4.    Schedule 8 amended (Infringement Notice Offences)

Part 1 of Schedule 8 to the Principal Regulations is amended as follows:

(a) by omitting item 49 and substituting the following:

49.	Section 83A(1)	In the case of an individual, 10
		In the case of a body corporate, 20

(b) by inserting after item 52 the following:

52A.	Section 86E	In the case of an individual, 10
		In the case of a body corporate, 20

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

Notified in the Gazette on 29 January 2020

These regulations are administered in the Department of Health.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

These regulations amend the Poisons Regulations 2018 by –

(a) updating the penalty payable by a person for a certain relevant infringement offence; and

(b) prescribing a certain new offence against a provision of the Poisons Act 1971 to be an offence for which an infringement notice may be issued and served.