Western Australian Consolidated Acts

POISONS ACT 1964 - SECT 20A

20A .         How poisons may be identified in Schedules

        (1)         A substance may be identified in a Schedule in any way the Minister thinks fit.

        (2)         Without limiting subsection (1), a substance may be identified in a Schedule by reference to a standard or a part of a standard and in particular by reference to —

            (a)         any list of substances contained in the standard or part of the standard; or

            (b)         the standard or part of the standard as in force at a particular time or as in force from time to time; or

            (c)         the standard or part of the standard with or without modifications specified in the Schedule.

        (3)         Without limiting subsection (1), a substance may be identified in a Schedule or in a standard or part of a standard referred to in the Schedule by reference to —

            (a)         the way in which or the purpose for which, it is used or intended for use; or

            (b)         the quantity in which it is supplied; or

            (c)         the nature of the package or container, including the labelling thereof, in which it is supplied; or

            (d)         the physical or chemical state or form in which it is supplied; or

            (e)         any other factor.

        [Section 20A inserted by No. 48 of 1995 s. 8.]