Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated ActsIn this Act—
advertisement means any method of conveying information or making any claim with regard to any drug or article, whether orally or by writing or pictorially, or by telephone, gramophone, or wireless broadcasting or television or any other means of transmitting images or sound or both in association, or by label, letter, circular, pamphlet, book, magazine, newspaper, sign, poster, or otherwise.
analyse, for part 4A, see section 136.
approved form see section 15A.
article without limit to the generality of its meaning, includes any textile product, any toys, any medical or surgical apparatus or appliance, any absorbent wool or surgical dressing, and also includes boots, shoes, paint, poisons, drugs, biological preparations, pesticides, detergents, dangerous substances and substances declared under a regulation to be articles.
biological preparation means every substance prescribed as such.
British pharmacopoeia means the British pharmacopoeia as in force in Queensland for the time being under the Drugs Standard Adopting Act 1976.
controlled drug means an article or substance prescribed under a regulation to be a controlled drug.
document certification requirement, for part 4A, see section 136.
document production requirement, for part 4A, see section 136.
drug without limiting the ordinary meaning of the term, means any article used for or in the composition or preparation of medicine for internal or external consumption or use by humans, and includes disinfectants, germicides, antiseptics, pesticides, detergents, preservatives, deodorants, anaesthetics, tobacco, narcotics, soaps, cosmetics, dusting powders, essences, unguents, and all other toilet articles, and also includes goods for therapeutic use within the meaning of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 (Cwlth), and an article or substance declared under a regulation to be a drug.
drug dependent person means a person—
(a) who, as a result of repeated administration to the person of controlled or restricted drugs or poisons—
(i) demonstrates impaired control; or
(ii) exhibits drug-seeking behaviour that suggests impaired control;
over the person's continued use of controlled or restricted drugs or poisons; and
(b) who, when the administration to the person of controlled or restricted drugs or poisons ceases, suffers or is likely to suffer mental or physical distress or disorder.
endorsement, for part 4A, see section 136.
executive officer, for part 4A, see section 136.
health practitioner registration Act means any 1 of the following—
* Dental Technicians Registration Act 2001
* Health Practitioner Regulation National Law
* Medical Radiation Technologists Registration Act 2001
* Occupational Therapists Registration Act 2001
* Speech Pathologists Registration Act 2001.
health service employee, for part 4A, see section 136.
hospital means a hospital within the meaning of the Health Services Act 1991.
injurious includes dangerous.
inspector means an inspector appointed under section 137.
label means a label, tag, brand, mark, or statement in writing, whether or not containing any pictorial or other descriptive matter.
occupier includes a person having the charge, management, or control of premises, and in the case of a house which is let out in separate tenements, or in the case of a lodging house which is let to lodgers, the person receiving the rent payable by the tenants or lodgers either on the person's own account or as the agent of another person.
offence against a relevant provision, for part 4A, see section 136.
official dose, when used with reference to any drug or other article, means the maximum dose (if any) stated in the British pharmacopoeia.
package includes every means by which goods are cased, covered, enclosed, contained, or packed, and includes a cask, bottle, jar, vessel, bag, box, or other receptacle.
personal particulars requirement, for part 4A, see section 136.
pharmacist means a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law to practise in the pharmacy profession, other than as a student.
place includes any house, building, ship, barge, boat, vehicle, car, station, wharf, shed, land, or premises.
poison means every substance or article prescribed as such.
premises includes messuages, buildings, lands, easements, and tenements of any tenure, and also any vehicle.
registrant means a person registered under a health practitioner registration Act.
registrant's board, for a registrant, means either of the following—
(a) if the registrant is registered in a profession under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law—the National Board for the profession established under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law; or
(b) otherwise—the board responsible for administering the health practitioner registration Act under which the registrant is registered.
relevant provisions see section 134.
restricted drug means every substance or article prescribed as such.
sale includes barter, and also includes offering or attempting to sell, or receiving for sale, or having in possession for sale, or exposing for sale, or sending, forwarding, or delivering for sale, or causing or suffering or permitting or allowing to be sold or offered or exposed for sale, but, refers only to sale for consumption or use by humans, and also, so far as relates to any poison, or to any restricted drug, or to any controlled drug, or to any biological preparation includes supplying, exchanging, lending, or giving away, and whether for consumption or use by humans or for any other purpose whatsoever, and also includes, in relation to any article for use by humans, permitting or allowing such use as a means of advertisement.
State analyst means a State analyst appointed under section 153Z(1).
substance includes a preparation, admixture, or derivative of a substance.
thing, for part 4A, see section 136.
vehicle without limiting the ordinary meaning of the term, means any motor vehicle, omnibus, coach, cart, sulky, bicycle, velocipede, train, railway carriage, aeroplane, airship, balloon, or other means of conveyance or transit.
veterinary surgeon means a veterinary surgeon within the meaning of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1936.
writing includes partly printing and partly writing, and printing, typewriting, lithography, photography, and other modes of representing and reproducing words in a visible form.