Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Regulation 2008

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Name Status Classifier Type Under Effective Year and No Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Guidelines for Treatment of Opioid Dependency) Approval 2010 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Notifiable instruments s 630 15 January 2010 - 20 February 2018 NI2010-5 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Medicines Advisory Committee) Appointment 2010 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Appointment Disallowable instruments s 635 25 June 2010 - 24 June 2013 DI2010-132 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Public Event for Kava Exemption) Declaration 2013 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Notifiable instruments s 864 30 January 2013 - 13 May 2013 NI2013-41 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Public Event for Kava Exemption) Declaration 2013 (No 2) (Repealed) Repealed Notifiable instruments s 864 14 May 2013 - 7 July 2020 NI2013-218 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Medicines Advisory Committee) Appointment 2013 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Appointment Disallowable instruments s 635 5 November 2013 - 23 January 2014 DI2013-270 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Medicines Advisory Committee) Appointment 2014 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Appointment Disallowable instruments s 635 24 January 2014 - 23 January 2017 DI2014-4 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (CHO Decisions on Applications) Guidelines 2014 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Notifiable instruments s 574 12 August 2014 - 14 September 2016 NI2014-375 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Medicines Advisory Committee) Appointment 2015 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Appointment Disallowable instruments s 635 14 February 2015 - 13 February 2018 DI2015-20 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Public Event for Kava Exemption) Declaration 2015 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Notifiable instruments s 864 2 June 2015 - 2 December 2015 NI2015-231 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Public Event for Kava Exemption) Declaration 2015 (No 2) (Repealed) Repealed Notifiable instruments s 864 5 June 2015 - 9 November 2015 NI2015-235 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Public Event for Kava Exemption) Declaration 2015 (No 3) (Repealed) Repealed Notifiable instruments s 864 16 October 2015 - 15 April 2016 NI2015-586 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Public Event for Kava Exemption) Declaration 2015 (No 4) (Repealed) Repealed Notifiable instruments s 864 10 November 2015 - 10 November 2018 NI2015-628 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Vaccinations by Pharmacists) Direction 2016 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Disallowable instruments s 352 3 March 2016 - 21 March 2016 DI2016-12 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Vaccinations by Pharmacists) Direction 2016 (No 2) (Repealed) Repealed Disallowable instruments s 352 22 March 2016 - 29 August 2016 DI2016-21 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Public Event for Kava Exemption) Declaration 2016 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Notifiable instruments s 864 15 April 2016 - 15 October 2016 NI2016-184 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Vaccinations by Pharmacists) Direction 2016 (No 3) (Repealed) Repealed Disallowable instruments s 352 30 August 2016 - 21 June 2017 DI2016-248 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Category Approval) Determination 2016 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Notifiable instruments s 574 and s 575 15 September 2016 - 19 January 2017 NI2016-522 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Public Event for Kava Exemption) Declaration 2016 (No 2) (Repealed) Repealed Notifiable instruments s 864 8 October 2016 - 8 April 2017 NI2016-553 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Category Approval) Determination 2017 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Notifiable instruments s 575 20 January 2017 - 26 September 2017 NI2017-18 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Medicines Advisory Committee) Appointment 2017 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Appointment Disallowable instruments s 635 8 March 2017 - 7 March 2020 DI2017-23 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Medicines Advisory Committee) Appointment 2017 (No 2) (Repealed) Repealed Appointment Notifiable instruments s 635 8 March 2017 - 7 March 2020 NI2017-111 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Medicines Advisory Committee) Appointment 2017 (No 3) (Repealed) Repealed Appointment Notifiable instruments s 635 8 March 2017 - 7 March 2020 NI2017-112 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Public Event for Kava Exemption) Declaration 2017 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Notifiable instruments s 864 6 June 2017 - 6 December 2017 NI2017-284 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Vaccinations by Pharmacists) Direction 2017 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Disallowable instruments s 352 22 June 2017 - 15 April 2019 DI2017-116 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Public Event for Kava Exemption) Declaration 2017 (No 2) (Repealed) Repealed Notifiable instruments s 864 27 June 2017 - 26 June 2020 NI2017-331 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Public Event for Kava Exemption) Declaration 2017 (No 4) (Repealed) Repealed Notifiable instruments s 864 1 August 2017 - 1 February 2018 NI2017-402 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Public Event for Kava Exemption) Declaration 2017 (No 3) (Repealed) Repealed Notifiable instruments s 864 1 August 2017 - 1 February 2018 NI2017-405 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Public Event for Kava Exemption) Declaration 2017 (No 5) (Repealed) Repealed Notifiable instruments s 864 14 September 2017 - 14 March 2018 NI2017-483 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Category Approval) Determination 2017 (No 2) (Repealed) Repealed Notifiable instruments s 575 27 September 2017 - 26 October 2017 NI2017-500 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Category Approval) Determination 2017 (No 3) (Repealed) Repealed Notifiable instruments s 575 27 October 2017 - 20 February 2018 NI2017-559 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Category Approval) Determination 2018 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Notifiable instruments s 575 21 February 2018 - 2 October 2018 NI2018-77 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Medicines Advisory Committee) Appointment 2018 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Appointment Disallowable instruments s 635 21 February 2018 - 20 February 2021 DI2018-26 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Guidelines for Treatment of Opioid Dependency) Approval 2018 (No 1) None Notifiable instruments s 630 21 February 2018 NI2018-81 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Medicines Advisory Committee) Appointment 2018 (No 2) (Repealed) Repealed Appointment Disallowable instruments s 635 3 May 2018 - 2 May 2021 DI2018-78 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Category Approval) Determination 2018 (No 2) (Repealed) Repealed Notifiable instruments s 575 3 October 2018 - 21 October 2019 NI2018-545 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Public Event for Kava Exemption) Declaration 2018 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Notifiable instruments s 864 18 December 2018 - 26 June 2020 NI2018-711 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Vaccinations by Pharmacists) Direction 2019 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Disallowable instruments s 352 16 April 2019 - 6 April 2020 DI2019-42 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Category Approval) Determination 2019 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Notifiable instruments s 575 22 October 2019 - 11 June 2020 NI2019-663 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Vaccinations by Pharmacists) Direction 2020 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Disallowable instruments s 352 7 April 2020 - 4 May 2020 DI2020-36 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Vaccinations by Pharmacists) Direction 2020 (No 2) (Repealed) Repealed Disallowable instruments s 352 5 May 2020 - 8 June 2021 DI2020-88 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Category Approval) Determination 2020 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Notifiable instruments s 575 12 June 2020 - 25 January 2021 NI2020-322 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Public Event for Kava Exemption) Revocation 2020 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Notifiable instruments s 864 26 June 2020 - 27 June 2020 NI2020-347 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Public Event for Kava Exemption) Revocation 2020 (No 2) (Repealed) Repealed Notifiable instruments s 864 7 July 2020 - 8 July 2020 NI2020-389 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Category Approval) Determination 2021 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Notifiable instruments s 575 26 January 2021 - 1 April 2021 NI2021-39 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Medicines Advisory Committee) Appointment 2021 (No 3) (Repealed) Repealed Appointment Notifiable instruments s 635 21 February 2021 - 20 February 2024 NI2021-89 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Medicines Advisory Committee) Appointment 2021 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Appointment Disallowable instruments s 635 21 February 2021 - 20 February 2024 DI2021-34 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Medicines Advisory Committee) Appointment 2021 (No 2) (Repealed) Repealed Appointment Disallowable instruments s 635 3 May 2021 - 21 February 2024 DI2021-35 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Controlled Medicines Prescribing Standards 2021 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Notifiable instruments s 575 2 April 2021 - 17 August 2023 NI2021-161 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Vaccinations by Pharmacists) Direction 2021 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Disallowable instruments s 352 9 June 2021 - 9 August 2021 DI2021-111 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Vaccinations by Pharmacists) Direction 2021 (No 2) (Repealed) Repealed Disallowable instruments s 352 10 August 2021 - 16 August 2021 DI2021-205 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Vaccinations by Pharmacists) Direction 2021 (No 3) (Repealed) Repealed Disallowable instruments s 352 17 August 2021 - 16 December 2021 DI2021-207 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (COVID-19 Vaccine Administration) Approval 2021 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Notifiable instruments s 491 24 August 2021 - 27 September 2021 NI2021-506 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (COVID-19 Vaccine Administration) Approval 2021 (No 2) (Repealed) Repealed Notifiable instruments s 491 28 September 2021 - 29 September 2023 NI2021-569 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Vaccinations by Pharmacists) Direction 2021 (No 4) (Repealed) Repealed Disallowable instruments s 352 17 December 2021 - 7 June 2022 DI2021-287 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Vaccinations by Pharmacists) Direction 2022 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Disallowable instruments s 354 8 June 2022 - 16 March 2023 DI2022-77 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Vaccinations by Pharmacists) Direction 2023 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Disallowable instruments s 352 17 March 2023 - 11 December 2023 DI2023-20 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Medicines Advisory Committee) Appointment 2023 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Appointment Notifiable instruments s 635 28 July 2023 - 21 February 2024 NI2023-432 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Controlled Medicines Exempt from Standing Approvals) Declaration 2023 (No 1) None Notifiable instruments s 556A 18 August 2023 NI2023-494 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Controlled Medicines Prescribing Standards 2023 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Notifiable instruments s 575 18 August 2023 - 10 February 2026 NI2023-495 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Vaccinations by Pharmacists) Direction 2023 (No 2) (Repealed) Repealed Disallowable instruments s 352 12 December 2023 - 11 June 2024 DI2023-294 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Regulated Substances and Therapeutic Goods) Authorisation 2024 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Notifiable instruments s 861A 16 February 2024 - 12 February 2026 NI2024-69 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Vaccinations by Pharmacists) Direction 2024 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Disallowable instruments s 352 12 June 2024 - 31 March 2025 DI2024-109 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Regulated Substances and Therapeutic Goods) Authorisation 2024 (No 2) None Notifiable instruments s 861A 13 December 2024 - 12 December 2029 NI2024-698 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Regulated Substances and Therapeutic Goods) Authorisation 2025 (No 1) None Notifiable instruments s 861A 21 February 2025 - 20 February 2027 NI2025-86 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Vaccinations by Pharmacists) Direction 2025 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Disallowable instruments s 352 1 April 2025 - 12 March 2026 DI2025-33 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Pharmacist Extended Scope of Practice – Hormonal Contraception) Authorisation 2025 (No 1) (Repealed) Repealed Notifiable instruments s 490A 14 November 2025 - 23 April 2026 NI2025-611 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Pharmacist Extended Scope of Practice – Urinary Tract Infection) Authorisation 2025 (No 1) None Notifiable instruments s 490A 14 November 2025 NI2025-612 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Controlled Medicines Prescribing Standards 2026 (No 1) None Notifiable instruments s 575 11 February 2026 NI2026-7 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Standing CHO approval for general practitioners to prescribe controlled medicines for ADHD) Approval 2026 (No 1) None Notifiable instruments s 554 11 February 2026 NI2026-8 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Standing CHO approval for designated prescribers to prescribe controlled medicines for ADHD) Approval 2026 (No 1) None Notifiable instruments s 554 11 February 2026 NI2026-9 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Regulated Substances and Therapeutic Goods) Authorisation 2026 (No 1) None Notifiable instruments s 861A 13 February 2026 - 12 February 2031 NI2026-70 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Vaccinations by Pharmacists) Direction 2026 (No 1) None Disallowable instruments s 352 13 March 2026 DI2026-23 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Pharmacist Extended Scope of Practice – Minor Skin Conditions) Authorisation 2026 (No 1) None Notifiable instruments s 490A 24 April 2026 NI2026-188 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Pharmacist Extended Scope of Practice – Hormonal Contraception Continuation) Authorisation 2026 (No 1) None Notifiable instruments s 490A 24 April 2026 NI2026-189 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Regulated Substances and Therapeutic Goods) Authorisation 2026 (No 2) None Notifiable instruments s 861A 10 June 2026 - 9 June 2031 NI2026-263 Point-in-time versions Enter a date to find a version from 14 February 2009 onwards : The following table lists 57 point in time versions. 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16 December 2009 View online icon HTML Download icon PDF Download icon Word R2 6 June 2009 Republication for amendments by SL2009-27 14 February 2009 - 5 June 2009 View online icon HTML Download icon PDF Download icon Word R1 14 February 2009 Republication for new regulation 14 February 2009 View online icon HTML Download icon PDF Download icon Word As notified 15 September 2008 Notification statement The Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Regulation 2008 has been made and is notified under the Legislation Act 2001. Notified: 15 September 2008 (Parliamentary Counsel) Instrument as notified Date notified Effective Files/Formats Notes 15 September 2008 14 February 2009 View online icon HTML Download icon PDF Download icon Word Explanatory statement Version Published Files/Formats As presented 15 September 2008 View online icon HTML Download icon PDF Download icon Word Commencement Provision Commencement date Commencement method s 1, s 2 15 September 2008 LA s 75 (1) remainder 14 February 2009 s 2 and see A2008-26 , s 2 and LA s 79 Expiries Provision Expiry date Expiry method pt 9.7 29 September 2023 (midnight) s 492 s 632 30 September 2022 (midnight) s 632 (3) prev s 864 12 February 2012 (midnight) s 864 (3) ch 30 31 March 2010 (midnight) s 1008 Amendments For section-by-section amendment annotations, see the amendment history in the endnotes in the current version of this law. Year and number Amending law Amending provision Commencement date SL2020-13 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Amendment Regulation 2020 (No 1) s 4 4 April 2020 A2020-11 COVID-19 Emergency Response Act 2020 sch 1 pt 1.14 8 April 2020 SL2020-21 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Amendment Regulation 2020 (No 2) ss 4-7 20 June 2020 SL2020-24 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Amendment Regulation 2020 (No 3) ss 4-6 27 June 2020 SL2009-27 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Amendment Regulation 2009 (No 1) ss 4-8 6 June 2009 SL2020-31 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Amendment Regulation 2020 (No 4) s 4 21 August 2020 SL2020-39 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Amendment Regulation 2020 (No 5) ss 4-13 10 September 2020 A2021-12 Statute Law Amendment Act 2021 sch 3 pt 3.36 23 June 2021 SL2021-19 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Amendment Regulation 2021 (No 1) s 4 18 August 2021 SL2021-28 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Amendment Regulation 2021 (No 2) ss 4-26 5 November 2021 SL2009-27 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Amendment Regulation 2009 (No 1) s 6, s 7 6 June 2009 SL2023-5 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Amendment Regulation 2023 (No 1) ss 4-7 7 April 2023 A2023-17 Health Infrastructure Enabling Act 2023 sch 2 pt 2.3 3 July 2023 SL2023-17 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Amendment Regulation 2023 (No 2) s 4 8 August 2023 SL2023-34 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Amendment Regulation 2023 (No 3) ss 4-11 12 December 2023 A2024-30 Health (Improved Abortion Access) Amendment Act 2024 s 10 10 July 2024 SL2024-36 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Amendment Regulation 2024 (No 1) ss 6-8 12 June 2025 SL2024-36 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Amendment Regulation 2024 (No 1) s 4, s 5, ss 9-17 13 December 2024 SL2025-7 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Amendment Regulation 2025 (No 1) ss 4-6 17 June 2025 A2009-49 Statute Law Amendment Act 2009 (No 2) sch 3 pt 3.51 17 December 2009 SL2010-1 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Amendment Regulation 2010 (No 1) ss 4-7 22 January 2010 SL2010-2 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Amendment Regulation 2010 (No 2) ss 4-6 22 January 2010 A2010-10 Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (ACT) Act 2010 sch 2 pt 2.15 1 July 2010 SL2010-16 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Amendment Regulation 2010 (No 3) ss 4-13 11 May 2010 SL2010-16 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Amendment Regulation 2010 (No 3) sch 1 1 July 2010 SL2010-20 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Amendment Regulation 2010 (No 4) ss 4-7 1 July 2010 A2010-43 Liquor (Consequential Amendments) Act 2010 sch 1 pt 1.14 1 December 2010 SL2010-45 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Amendment Regulation 2010 (No 5) ss 4-13 23 November 2010 A2010-50 Justice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2010 (No 4) sch 1 pt 1.6 21 December 2010 A2011-52 Statute Law Amendment Act 2011 (No 3) sch 1 pt 1.5 12 December 2011 SL2012-5 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Amendment Regulation 2012 (No 1) s 4 10 February 2012 SL2012-34 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Prescribing Authorisation—Optometrists) Amendment Regulation 2012 (No 1) ss 4-9 3 August 2012 SL2013-1 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Kava Exemption) Amendment Regulation 2013 (No 1) s 4 26 January 2013 SL2013-24 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Amendment Regulation 2013 (No 1) s 4, s 5 1 September 2013 SL2013-28 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Amendment Regulation 2013 (No 2) ss 4-18 5 November 2013 A2013-44 Statute Law Amendment Act 2013 (No 2) sch 1 pt 1.3 25 November 2013 SL2014-23 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Amendment Regulation 2014 (No 1) ss 4-10, ss 12-15 26 September 2014 SL2014-23 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Amendment Regulation 2014 (No 1) s 11 1 October 2014 SL2014-26 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Amendment Regulation 2014 (No 2) ss 4-23 23 October 2014 SL2015-19 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Amendment Regulation 2015 (No 1) s 4, ss 6-9 22 May 2015 SL2015-19 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Amendment Regulation 2015 (No 1) s 5 21 July 2015 A2015-29 Veterinary Surgeons Act 2015 sch 2 pt 2.10 1 December 2015 A2015-38 Mental Health Act 2015 sch 2 pt 2.4 div 2.4.11 1 March 2016 SL2015-36 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Amendment Regulation 2015 (No 2) ss 4-6 24 November 2015 A2015-50 Statute Law Amendment Act 2015 (No 2) sch 3 pt 3.24 9 December 2015 SL2016-5 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Amendment Regulation 2016 (No 1) s 4, s 5 1 March 2016 A2016-7 Justice Legislation Amendment Act 2016 sch 1 pt 1.5 29 August 2016 SL2016-16 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Controlled Medicines) Amendment Regulation 2016 (No 1) ss 4-14 31 July 2016 SL2017-27 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Amendment Regulation 2017 (No 1) ss 4-19 25 August 2017 A2018-23 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Amendment Act 2018 pt 3 15 June 2018 A2018-32 Veterinary Practice Act 2018 sch 3 pt 3.12 21 December 2018 A2018-42 Statute Law Amendment Act 2018 sch 3 pt 3.24 22 November 2018 SL2019-23 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Amendment Regulation 2019 (No 1) ss 4-34 13 September 2019 SL2020-3 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods (Continued Dispensing) Amendment Regulation 2020 (No 1) s 4, s 5 21 January 2020 A2025-29 Statute Law Amendment Act 2025 sch 4 pt 4.125 26 December 2025 A2025-33 Health Legislation Amendment Act 2025 (No 2) pt 5 26 November 2025 SL2025-29 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Amendment Regulation 2025 (No 2) ss 4-74 16 December 2025 Subscribe to this law About this site Contact us Disclaimer Privacy Accessibility Copyright Glossary Abbreviation key Related links Acknowledgement of Country Copyright 2001 ACT Government. 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