Australian Capital Territory

Poisons Act 1933     No 37
Republication No 5A
As in force on 14 August 2000
Includes all amendments up to Act 2000 No 28

Prepared by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel’s Office
This republication is not an authorised republication for the Legislation (Republication) Act 1996.
As in force on
14 August 2000

Australian Capital Territory

Poisons Act 1933

Republication No 5A

Part 1—Preliminary
	1	Name of Act	1
	2	Definitions	1
	3	Meaning of possession	3
Part 2—Administration
	4	Crown not bound	4
	5	Licences to sell poisons and other substances	4
	6	Analysts	4
	7	Evidence of analysis	4
	8	Powers of inspection	5
	9	Calculation of percentages	5
	10	Declaration of substances by Minister	5
Part 3—General Provisions relating to the sale of poisons and poisonous substances
	11	Sale of poisons and poisonous substances	6
	12	Hawking poisons and poisonous substances an offence	6
	13	Pharmacists may manufacture poison and poisonous substances	6
	14	Storage of poisons	6
	15	Automatic machines prohibited	7
Part 4—Biological Preparations and Restricted Substances
	16	Sale and supply of biological preparations and restricted substances	8
Part 5—Miscellaneous
	17	Offences in relation to the sale of poisons etc	9
	18	Penalty where offence is due to inadvertence	9
	19	Averment of prosecution	10
	20	Power of Minister to determine fees	10
	21	Authorised persons	10
	22	Regulation-making power	10
	ENDNOTES
	1	About this republication	12
	2	About the republished Act	12
	3	Abbreviation key	12
	4	Table of legislation	13
	5	Table of amendments	14
	6	Table of earlier republications	21
	7	Table of renumbered provisions	21

As in force on
14 August 2000

Australian Capital Territory

Poisons Act 1933
An Act relating to the control, sale and use of poisons and poisonous substances, and for other purposes
Part 1—Preliminary
1 	Name of Act
 	This Act is the Poisons Act 1933.
2 	Definitions
	In this Act:
Note	A definition applies except so far as the contrary intention appears (see Interpretation Act 1967, s 11G).
analyst means an analyst under section 6.
authorised person, for a provision of this Act, means a public employee appointed under section 21 for this Act or the provision.
automatic machine means any machine or mechanical device used, or capable of being used, for the purpose of selling or supplying goods without the personal manipulation or attention at the time of sale or supply of the seller or supplier or of any employee or agent of the seller or supplier.
biological preparation means a substance declared under section 10 to be a biological preparation.
British pharmacopoeia means the British pharmacopoeia in its current issue as from time to time issued by the General Council of Medical Education and Registration of the United Kingdom.
determined fee means the fee determined under section 20 for the purpose of the provision in which the expression occurs.
drugs and poisons standard—see the Poisons and Drugs Act 1978, section 2. 
licence means any valid and unexpired licence granted under this Act.
licensee means the holder of any licence.
poison means a substance the introduction of which into the body of a person by any route involves the risk of death to the person, and includes a substance declared under section 10 to be a poison, but does not include a substance that is a poison within the meaning of the Poisons and Drugs Act 1978.
poisonous substance means a substance the introduction of which into the body of a person by any route involves the risk of material departure from the normal health of the person, and includes a substance declared under section 10 to be a poisonous substance, but does not include a substance that is a poison within the meaning of the Poisons and Drugs Act 1978. 
restricted substance means a substance declared under section 10 to be a restricted substance.
sell includes—
	(a)	offer for sale; and
	(b)	expose for sale; and
	(c)	barter (or offer or expose for barter); and
	(d)	exchange (or offer or expose for exchange); and
	(e)	supply for value (or offer or expose to supply for value); and
	(f)	supply for free (or offer or expose to supply for free) to gain or maintain custom, or otherwise for commercial gain; and
	(g)	have in possession for sale.
this Act includes the regulations.
3	Meaning of possession
	Without restricting the meaning of the word possession, a substance shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be in the possession of any person so long as it remains or is upon any land or premises occupied by the person, or is used, enjoyed or controlled by the person in any place whatever, unless it is shown that he or she had no knowledge thereof.

Part 2—Administration
4 	Crown not bound
	This Act does not bind the Crown.
5	Licences to sell poisons and other substances
(1) 	The chief health officer may, on payment of the determined fee, grant to a person who the chief health officer believes on reasonable grounds to be a fit and proper person a licence to sell poisons, poisonous substances, biological preparations or restricted substances.
(2) 	Any licence so granted may be limited to apply to the sale of any particular substance or substances and shall be subject to such conditions as are prescribed or as the chief health officer specifies.
(3) 	A licence shall remain in force until revoked by the chief health officer.
(4) 	The chief health officer may, where a licensee has committed any breach of this Act or of the conditions upon which the licence was issued, revoke the licence.
6 	Analysts
(1) 	There may be 1 or more analysts for the purposes of this Act.
(2) 	The chief executive shall create and maintain 1 or more offices in the public service the duties of which include performing the functions of an analyst.
(3) 	An analyst shall be any public servant for the time being performing the duties of a public service office referred to in subsection (2).
7 	Evidence of analysis
	In proceedings in the Magistrates Court for an offence against this Act, a certificate purporting to be signed by an analyst and to state the results of an analysis of a substance is—
	(a)	to be taken to have been signed by an analyst, unless the contrary is proved; and 
	(b)	is evidence of the matters stated in the certificate.
8 	Powers of inspection
	For the purposes of this Act, any authorised person may enter any premises and may demand the production of, and may inspect, any books or documents and any stocks of poisons, poisonous substances, biological preparations, restricted substances and any Schedule 4 substances within the meaning of the Poisons and Drugs Act 1978.
9 	Calculation of percentages
 	For this Act, percentages of liquid preparations are to be calculated on the basis that a preparation containing 1% of any preparation is a preparation in which—
	(a)	if the substance is a solid—1g of the substance is contained in every 100ml of the preparation; and
	(b)	if the substance is a liquid—1ml of the substance is contained in every 100ml of the preparation.
10 	Declaration of substances by Minister
(1)	The Minister may declare what substances are for the purposes of this Act—
	(a)	poisons; or
	(b)	poisonous substances; or
	(c)	restricted substances; or
	(d)	substances the sale of which is attended by certain conditions; or
	(e)	biological preparations; or
	(f)	are exempted from the provisions of this Act, either generally or with limitations as to place and subject matter, and either absolutely or subject to any specified conditions or restrictions;
and may in any such notice define the substances so declared.
(2)	Without limiting subsection (1), a substance may be declared by applying, with or without modification, provisions of the drugs and poisons standard.
(3)	A declaration under subsection (1) is a disallowable instrument.

Part 3—General Provisions relating to the sale of poisons and poisonous substances
11 	Sale of poisons and poisonous substances
	A person shall not sell or have in his or her possession for sale any poison or poisonous substance unless the person is—
	(a)	a doctor; or
	(b)	a pharmacist; or
	(c)	a veterinary surgeon; or
	(d)	the holder of a licence authorising him or her to sell the article in question.
Maximum penalty:  100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.
12 	Hawking poisons and poisonous substances an offence
 	A person must not in any street or public place or from house-to-house—
	(a)	sell a poison or poisonous substance; or
	(b)	hawk or peddle a poison or poisonous substance; or
	(c)	distribute a poison or poisonous substance as samples or cause a poison or poisonous substance to be distributed as samples.
Maximum penalty:  100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.
13 	Pharmacists may manufacture poison and poisonous substances
	Subject to the provisions of this Act, a pharmacist may—
	(a)	manufacture in the ordinary course of his or her retail business any preparation, admixture or extract of any poison or poisonous substance; and
	(b)	carry on the business of retailing, dispensing or compounding any poison or poisonous substance; and
	(c)	supply a poison or poisonous substance to a doctor, dentist or veterinary surgeon.
14 	Storage of poisons
	Every licensee shall store or keep all poisons under such conditions of storage as are prescribed.
Maximum penalty:  50 penalty units.
15	Automatic machines prohibited
 	A person must not—
	(a)	install an automatic machine for the sale or supply of a poison or poisonous substance; or
	(b)	sell or supply a poison or poisonous substance using an automatic machine.
Maximum penalty:  100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.

Part 4—Biological Preparations and Restricted Substances
16 	Sale and supply of biological preparations and restricted substances
(1) 	A person shall not sell or supply to, or dispense for, another person a biological preparation or restricted substance unless that other person is—
	(a)	a doctor; or
	(b)	a dentist; or
	(c)	a pharmacist; or
	(d)	a veterinary surgeon; or
	(e)	the holder of a licence to sell that preparation or that substance, as the case may be; or
	(f)	a public employee who is authorised in writing by the Minister; or
	(g)	a person who presents a prescription signed by a doctor, dentist or veterinary surgeon authorising the sale or supply to, or dispensing for, that person or another person for whom that person is acting of that preparation or that substance, as the case may be. 
Maximum penalty:	100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.
(2) 	A person shall not offer for sale a biological preparation or restricted substance unless he or she is—
	(a)	a doctor; or
	(b)	a pharmacist; or
	(c)	a veterinary surgeon; or
	(d)	the holder of a licence to sell that preparation or that substance, as the case may be; or
	(e)	a public employee who is authorised in writing by the Minister.
Maximum penalty:  100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.

Part 5—Miscellaneous
17	Offences in relation to the sale of poisons etc
(1) 	A person must not sell a poison or poisonous substance, or a preparation containing a poison or poisonous substance, in contravention of a provision of this Act.
Maximum penalty:  100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.
(2) 	A person must not sell a poison or poisonous substance without having made the entries required by this Act.
Maximum penalty:  10 penalty units.
(3) 	A person must not sell a poison or poisonous substance without having obtained the signatures required by this Act.
Maximum penalty:  5 penalty units.
(4) 	A person must not buy a poison or poisonous substance and give false information to the seller about the matters the seller is entitled or required by this Act to inquire into.
Maximum penalty:  10 penalty units.
(5) 	A person must not sign his or her name as a witness to the sale of poison to a person unknown to him or her.
Maximum penalty:  10 penalty units.
(6) 	A person must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to produce a book, document or material in stock if required so to do by an authorised person under this Act.
Maximum penalty:  50 penalty units.
(7) 	A person must not, without reasonable excuse, hinder or obstruct an authorised person in the exercise of his or her functions under this Act.
Maximum penalty:  50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.
18 	Penalty where offence is due to inadvertence
	A person shall not, on conviction for any offence against this Act relating to—
	(a)	the keeping of books; or
	(b)	the issuing or dispensing of prescriptions issued by doctors;
be sentenced to imprisonment or to pay a penalty of more than 10 penalty units if the court dealing with the case is satisfied that the offence was committed through inadvertence and was not preparatory to, or committed in the course of, or in connection with, the commission or intended commission of any other offence.
19 	Averment of prosecution
	In every prosecution for an offence against this Act the averment of the prosecutor contained in the information shall, in the absence of proof to the contrary, be deemed to be proved.
20 	Power of Minister to determine fees
(1)	The Minister may determine fees for the purposes of this Act.
(2) 	A determination under this section is a disallowable instrument.
21	Authorised persons
 	The Minister may appoint a public employee to be an authorised person for this Act or a provision of this Act.
22	Regulation-making power
(1) 	The Executive may make regulations for this Act.
(2) 	The regulations may make provision with respect to the following matters:
	(a)	the manufacture, storage and safe custody of poisons and poisonous substances;
	(b)	the colouring of any poison or poisonous substance;
	(c)	the shape, size, materials and labelling of the containers or packages in which any poisons or poisonous substances may be sold;
	(d)	the printing on packages, in which any poison is enclosed, contained, or packed for sale, of the name of an effective remedy to counteract the effects of the poison;
	(e)	the inspection by police officers or authorised persons of books and other documents;
	(f)	the issue and forms of licences;
	(g)	the prohibition of the manufacture of any poison or poisonous substance, except on premises licensed for the purpose or by pharmacists on their premises;
	(h)	the prohibition of the manufacture or distribution of any poison or poisonous substance except by doctors, pharmacists, veterinary surgeons, persons holding licences for that purpose or persons authorised under section 16;
	(i)	the issue by doctors of prescriptions containing any poison or poisonous substance and the dispensing of those prescriptions;
	(j)	the keeping of records and furnishing of information either in writing or otherwise by persons engaged in the manufacture, sale or distribution of any poison or poisonous substance;
	(k)	the control of the sale of methylated spirit;
(l)	creating offences for contraventions of the regulations and prescribing maximum penalties for offences against the regulations of 10 penalty units. 

ENDNOTES
1	About this republication
This is a republication of the Poisons Act 1933 as in force on 14 August 2000.  It includes all amendments made to the Act up to Act No 2000 No 28.
Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the table of legislation and table of amendments.  However, any modifications are not included in the republished Act but are set out in the endnotes.
This Act has been renumbered. See the table of renumbered provisions for details. 
The Parliamentary Counsel’s Office currently prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws:  authorised printed republications to which the Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 applies and unauthorised electronic republications. The status of a republication appears on its cover and is indicated by its republication number.
A republication number without a letter (eg 1, 2, 3 etc) indicates that the republication is an authorised printed republication.  A number with a letter (eg 1A, 1B, 1C etc) indicates that the republication is an unauthorised electronic republication.
Section 13 of the Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel, in preparing a law for republication, to make textual amendments of a formal nature which the Parliamentary Counsel considers desirable in accordance with current legislative drafting practice.  The amendments do not effect a substantive change in the law.
In preparing this republication, amendments have not been made under section 13.
Not all amendments made under section 13 are annotated in the table of amendments.  Full details of any amendments can be obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.
2	About the republished Act
The Poisons Act 1933 was originally the Poisons Ordinance Act 1933.  It became an ACT Act on self-government (11 May 1989).
3	Abbreviation key
Key to abbreviations in tables

am = amended
amdt = amendment
ch = chapter
cl = clause
def = definition
dict = dictionary
div = division
exp = expires/expired
Gaz = Gazette
hdg = heading
ins = inserted/added
LR = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996
mod = modified
No = number
notfd = notified
o = order
om = omitted/repealed
orig = original
p = page
par = paragraph
pres = present
prev = previous
(prev...) = previously
prov = provision
pt = part
r = rule/subrule
reg = regulation/subregulation
renum = renumbered
reloc = relocated
R[X] = Republication No
s = section/subsection
sch = schedule
sdiv = subdivision
sub = substituted
SL  = Subordinate Law
sp = spent
*  = SL unless otherwise stated
† = Act or Ordinance unless otherwise stated

4	Table of legislation
Part 1—Legislation before self-government
Ordinance†	Year and number†	Gazette
notification	Commencement	Transitional provisions	

Poisons and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance 1933	1933 No 37	21 Dec 1933	1 Jan 1934 (see Gaz 1933 
p 1926)		
Poisons and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance 1936	1936 No 24	25 June 1936	25 June 1936	—	
Ordinances Revision Ordinance 1938	1938 No 35	15 Dec 1938	15 Dec 1938	—	
Poisons and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance 1954	1954 No 13	10 June 1954	10 June 1954	—	
Poisons and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance 1963	1963 No 1	14 Mar 1963	14 Mar 1963	—	
Ordinances Revision  (Decimal Currency) Ordinance 1966	1966 No 19	23 Dec 1966	23 Dec 1966	—	
Poisons and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance 1967	1967 No 32	29 Sept 1967	29 Sept 1967	—	
Ordinances Revision  (Health Commission) Ordinance 1975	1975 No 17	1 July 1975	1 July 1975	—	
Poisons and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance 1976	1976 No 36	27 Aug 1976	27 Aug 1976	—	
Poisons and Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Ordinance 1978	1978 No 9	16 Mar 1978	16 Mar 1978	—	
Poisons and Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Ordinance (No. 2) 1978	1978 No 39	19 Dec 1978	29 Dec 1978 (see 
s 3 and Gaz 1978 No S290)	s 8	
Ordinances Revision Ordinance 1978	1978 No 46	28 Dec 1978	28 Dec 1978	—	
Poisons and Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Ordinance 1981	1981 No 20	28 Aug 1981	28 Aug 1981	—	
Poisons and Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Ordinance 1982	1982 No 46	30 June 1982	30 June 1982	—	
Magistrates Court Ordinance 1985	1985 No 67 	19 Dec 1985	1 Feb 1986 (see Gaz 1986 No G3 
p 265)	—	
Community and Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Ordinance 1988	1988 No 29	30 June 1988	2 July 1988	s 4	
Poisons (Amendment) Ordinance 1989	1989 No 12	15 Mar 1989	1 Apr 1989 (see Gaz 1989 No S109)	—	
Self-Government (Consequential Amendments) Ordinance 1989	1989 No 38	10 May 1989	ss 1 and 2:  10 May 1989
remainder:  11 May 1989 (see s 2 (2) and Gaz 1989 No S164)
	—	
Part 2—Legislation after self-government
Act†	Year and number†	Gazette
notification	Commencement	Transitional provisions	

Health Services (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990	1990 No 63	28 Dec 1990	ss 1 and 2:  28 Dec 1990
remainder:  31 Jan 1991 (see s 2 (2) and Gaz 1991 
No S4)	ss 6-17	
Poisons (Amendment) Act 1993	1993 No 9	1 Mar 1993	ss 1-3:  1 Mar 1993
remainder : 31 Mar 1993 (see s 2 (2) and Gaz 1993 
No S53 p 2)	—	
Health (Consequential Provisions) Act 1993	1993 No 14	1 Mar 1993	1 Mar 1993
(see s 2)	pts 4-6I
(ss 14-34)	
Public Sector Management (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 1994	1994 No 38	30 June 1994	ss 1 and 2:  30 June 1994
remainder:  1 July 1994 (see Gaz 1994 No S142 p 2)	ss 3, 5-12, 
15 and 19	
Statutory Offices (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994	1994 No 97	15  Dec 1994	ss 1 and 2:  15 Dec 1994
remainder:  15 Dec 1994 (see Gaz 1994 No S293)	pt 3
(ss 4-9)	
Public Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997	1997 No 70	9 Oct 1997	ss 41 and 43 (1): 13 Aug 1998 (see Gaz 1998 No S185)	s 41	
Statute Law Revision (Penalties) Act 1998	1998 No 54	27 Nov 1998	ss 1 and 2:  27 Nov 1998
remainder:  9 Dec 1998 (see Gaz 1998 No 49 p 1078)	—	
Health and Community Care Legislation Amendment Act 2000	2000 No 28	30 June 2000	ss 1 and 2:  30 June 2000
remainder (ss 3-12):  1 July 2000 
	—	
5	Table of amendments

Provision	How affected†

title	am 1989 No 12
s 1	am 1989 No 12
	sub 2000 No 28 s 3 sch 1
s 2	orig s 2 om 2000 No 28 s 3 sch 1
	(prev s 5) am 1967 No 32; 1975 No 17; 1978 Nos 39 and 46; 1988 
No 29; 1989 No 12; 1990 No 63; 1993 Nos 9 and 14; 1994 No 97; 1997 No 70; 2000 No 28 s 3-4 sch 1
	renum 2000 No 28 s 3 sch 1
hdg to s 3	ins 2000 No 28 s 3 sch 1

s 3	orig s 3 om 2000 No 28 s 3 sch 1
	(prev s 5 (2)) renum 2000 No 28 s 3 sch 1
s 4	orig s 4 am 1963 No 1; 1967 No 32
	om 1976 No 36
	(prev s 7) am 1938 No 35; 1967 No 32; 1975 No 17; 1988 No 29; 1990 No 63
	sub 1993 No 14
	renum 2000 No 28 s 3 sch 1
s 5	(prev s 8) am 1975 No 17; 1978 No 39; 1982 No 46; 1988 No 29; 1989 No 12; 1990 No 63; 1993 No 14; 1997 No 70
	renum 2000 No 28 s 3 sch 1
s 6	orig s 6 am 1975 No 17
	om 1988 No 29
	(prev s 9) am 1936 No 24
	sub 1978 No 39
	am 1985 No 67
	sub 1994 No 97
	am 2000 No 28 s 3 sch 1
	renum 2000 No 28 s 3 sch 1
s 7	(prev s 9A) ins 1994 No 97
	renum 2000 No 28 s 3 sch 1
s 8	(prev s 10) am 1967 No 32; 1978 No 39; 1981 No 20; 1989 No 12
	renum 2000 No 28 s 3 sch 1
s 9	(prev s 11) sub 2000 No 28 s 3 sch 1
	renum 2000 No 28 s 3 sch 1
s 10	(prev s 12) am 1989 Nos 12 and 38; 2000 No 28 s 5
	renum 2000 No 28 s 3 sch 1
hdg to pt 3	am 1989 No 12
s 11	(prev s 13) am 1978 No 39; 1993 No 9; 1998 No 54; 2000 No 28 s 3 sch 1
	renum 2000 No 28 s 3 sch 1
s 12	(prev s 14) am 1996 No 19; 1978 No 39; 1998 No 54
	sub 2000 No 28 s 3 sch 1
	renum 2000 No 28 s 3 sch 1
s 13	(prev s 16) am 1978 No 39; 1993 No 9; 2000 No 28 s 3 sch 1
	renum 2000 No 28 s 3 sch 1
s 14	(prev s 17) am 1989 No 12; 1998 No 54; 2000 No 28 s 3 sch 1
	renum 2000 No 28 s 3 sch 1
s 15	orig s 15 om 1978 No 39
	(prev s 19) am 1978 No 39; 1998 No 54
	sub 2000 No 28 s 3 sch 1
	renum 2000 No 28 s 3 sch 1
pt 4 (s 16)	(prev pt 7) renum 2000 No 28 s 3 sch 1
s 16	(prev s 40) sub 1963 No 1; 1989 No 12
	am 1990 No 63; 1993 No 14; 1994 No 38; 1998 No 54; 2000 No 28 s 3 sch 1
	renum 2000 No 28 s 3 sch 1

pt 5 (ss 17-22)	(prev pt 8) renum 2000 No 28 s 3 sch 1
s 17	(prev s 43) am 1978 No 39; 1993 No 9; 1998 No 54
	sub 2000 No 28 s 3 sch 1
	renum 2000 No 28 s 3 sch 1
s 18	orig s 18 am 1978 No 39
	om 1993 No 9
	(prev s 45) am 1966 No 19; 1998 No 54; 2000 No 28 s 3 sch 1
	renum 2000 No 28 s 3 sch 1
s 19	(prev s 52) renum 2000 No 28 s 3 sch 1
s 20	orig s 20 om 1978 No 39
	(prev s 53A) ins 1989 No 12
	am 2000 No 28 s 3 sch 1
	renum 2000 No 28 s 3 sch 1
pt IV (ss 21-28)	om 1993 No 9
s 21	orig s 21 om 1993 No 9
	(prev s 53B) ins 2000 No 28 s 3 sch 1
	renum 2000 No 28 s 3 sch 1
hdg to s 22	sub 2000 No 28 s 3 sch 1
s 22	(prev s 54) am 1966 No 19; 1989 Nos 12 and 38; 1998 No 54; 2000 No 28 s 3 sch 1
	renum 2000 No 28 s 3 sch 1
ss 23-25	om 1993 No 9
s 26	am 1976 No 36
	om 1993 No 9
s 27	am 1978 No 39
	om 1993 No 9
s 28	om 1993 No 9
pt V (s 29)	om 1989 No 12
s 29	am 1966 No 19; 1975 No 17; 1988 No 29
	om 1989 No 12
ss 30-32	om 1978 No 39
s 33	am 1975 No 17
	om 1978 No 39
ss 34-38	om 1978 No 39
s 39	am 1978 No 39; 1993 No 9
	om 1998 No 54
pt VII (ss 40, 40A)	om 1963 No 1
pt 7 (ss 40, 40A-40C)	ins 1963 No 1
s 40A	ins 1954 No 13
	sub 1963 No 1
	om 1989 No 12
s 40B	ins 1963 No 1
	am 1966 No 19; 1975 No 17; 19787 No 9; 1988 No 29
	om 1989 No 12
s 40C	ins 1963 No 1
	am 1966 No 19; 1975 No 17; 1988 No 29
	om 1989 No 12

pt VIIA (ss 40D, 40E)	ins 1967 No 32
	om 1978 No 39
ss 40D, 40E	ins 1967 No 32
	am 1975 No 17
	om 1978 No 39
ss 41, 42	om 1993 No 9
s 44	om 1978 No 39
s 46	am 1966 No 19; 1967 No 32
	om 1978 No 39
s 47	am 1967 No 32
	om 1978 No 39
s 48	am 1993 Act No 9
	om 2000 No 28 s 3 sch 1
s 49	am 1998 No 54
	om 2000 No 28 s 3 sch 1
s 50	am 1966 No 19; 1993 No 9; 1998 No 54
	om 2000 No 28 s 3 sch 1
s 51	om 2000 No 28 s 3 sch 1
s 53	am 1966 No 19; 1967 No 32; 1978 No 39
	om 1998 No 54
sch	ins 1967 No 32
	om 1978 No 39

6	Table of earlier republications
Republication No	Amendments to	Republication date	
(1)	Act 1990 No 63	28 February 1991	
(2)	Act 1993 No 14	30 April 1993	
(3)	Act 1994 No 97	30 November 1996	
(4)	Act 1998 No 54	1 March 1999	
5	Act 2000 No 28	14 August 2000	
7	Table of renumbered provisions
as made by Act 2000 No 28 and under the Legislation (Republication) Act 1996
Previous	Renumbered as	Previous	Renumbered as	
5		2	17		14	
5 (2)		3	19		15	
7		4	pt 7		pt 4	
8		5	40		16	
9		6	pt 8		pt 5	
9A		7	43		17	
10		8	45		18	
11		9	52		19	
12		10	53A		20	
13		11	53B		21	
14		12	54		22	
16		13			

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