Medicines and Poisons Act 2014

Medicines and Poisons Amendment Regulations 2025

 

 

Medicines and Poisons Amendment Regulations 2025

Contents

1.Citation1

2.Commencement1

3.Regulations amended1

4.Regulation 37 amended1

5.Regulation 38 amended2

6.Regulation 68 amended2

7.Regulation 70A inserted3

70A.Authorisation of VPB‑authorised persons3

 

Medicines and Poisons Act 2014

Medicines and Poisons Amendment Regulations 2025

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.Citation

These regulations are the Medicines and Poisons Amendment Regulations 2025.

2.Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows —

(a)regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published on the WA legislation website;

(b)the rest of the regulations — on the day on which the Veterinary Practice Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2025 regulation 6 comes into operation.

3.Regulations amended

These regulations amend the Medicines and Poisons Regulations 2016.

4.Regulation 37 amended

(1)In regulation 37 insert in alphabetical order:

 

VPB‑authorised person means a person authorised under the Veterinary Practice Regulations 2022 regulation 14(1) to carry out the act of veterinary medicine specified in Schedule 6 item 12 of those regulations.

 

(2)In regulation 37 in the definition of veterinary nurse delete “section 3.” and insert:

 

section 3;

 

5.Regulation 38 amended

In regulation 38:

(a)in paragraph (e) delete “nurses.” and insert:

 

nurses;

 

(b)after paragraph (e) insert:

 

(f)VPB‑authorised persons.

 

6.Regulation 68 amended

In regulation 68:

(a)in paragraph (b) delete “nurse.” and insert:

 

nurse;

 

(b)after paragraph (b) insert:

 

(c)VPB‑authorised person.

 

7.Regulation 70A inserted

At the end of Part 7 Division 12 insert:

 

70A.Authorisation of VPB‑authorised persons

(1)For the purposes of section 25(1)(b), a medicine that is a Schedule 4 poison is a medicine that a VPB‑authorised person, acting in the lawful practice of their profession, may —

(a)administer; or

(b)possess.

(2)The possession by a VPB‑authorised person of a medicine that is a Schedule 4 poison is subject to the condition that the possession is for the purpose of administering the medicine.

(3)The possession by a VPB‑authorised person of a medicine that is a Schedule 4 poison is subject to the condition that the medicine was supplied by a veterinarian.

 

K. COLLERAN, Clerk of the Executive Council

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