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Minister: Minister for Health and Ambulance Services
Agency: Queensland Health

Medicines and Poisons Act 2019

Effective Date Publication Date Amendments Included Notes
01 May 2020 06 May 2020

provs comm, RA s 42A
20 August 2020 26 August 2020 2020 Act No. 31
02 June 2021 02 June 2021 2021 Act No. 12

RA ss 30, 35, 44
27 September 2021 12 November 2021 2019 Act No. 26

provs comm, RA ss 7(1)(k), 40
01 January 2023 22 December 2022 2021 Act No. 17
02 May 2023 03 May 2023 2023 Act No. 9
28 September 2023 06 October 2023

prov exp 27 September 2023
01 February 2024 30 January 2024 2023 Act No. 23
01 July 2024 30 June 2024 2024 Act No. 8

Medicines and Poisons Act 2019 No. 26

date of assent 26 September 2019

ss 1–2 comm on date of assent

ch 1 pt 4 divs 1–3, ch 7 pt 3 div 1 (other than ss 225 (2), 226), s 240, sch 1 comm 1 May 2020 (2020 SL No. 58)

ch 1 (other than pts 1, 4 divs 1–3), 2–6, 7 pts 1–2, ss 225 (2), 226, pt 3 div 2, pts 4, 5 (other than s 240), chs 8–9, sch 2 comm 27 September 2021 (automatic commencement under AIA s 15DA (2) (2020 SL No. 150))

Health Legislation Amendment Act 2020 No. 31

date of assent 20 August 2020

pt 3A comm on date of assent

Debt Reduction and Savings Act 2021 No. 12

date of assent 02 June 2021

ch 3 comm on date of assent (see s 2 (1) (e))

Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2021 No. 17

date of assent 23 September 2021

pt 12 div 4 comm 1 January 2023 (see s 2 (2))

Health and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2023 No. 9

date of assent 02 May 2023

pt 3 comm on date of assent

Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2023 No. 23

date of assent 20 September 2023

s 247 sch 1 ss 1, 3 comm 1 February 2024 (2024 SL No. 1)

Forensic Science Queensland Act 2024 No. 8

date of assent 28 March 2024

pt 8 div 3 comm 1 July 2024 (2024 SL No. 63)

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Medicines and Poisons Bill 2019

Government Bill
Introduced: 14 May 2019 PDF icon Bill (Introduction)

HTML icon Bill (Introduction)

PDF icon Explanatory Note

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Indicative Reprint: 20 May 2019 PDF icon Major Events Act 2014 (as amended by the Medicines and Poisons Bill 2019)

HTML icon Major Events Act 2014 (as amended by the Medicines and Poisons Bill 2019)

PDF icon Drugs Misuse Act 1986 (as amended by the Medicines and Poisons Bill 2019)

HTML icon Drugs Misuse Act 1986 (as amended by the Medicines and Poisons Bill 2019)

3rd Reading: 17 September 2019
Assent: 26 September 2019 PDF icon Act 2019, No. 26

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