Legislation

Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2022 (NSW)

NSW Parliamentary Counsel's Office. Act, New South Wales.

Version
Version of 3 November 2025 (includes 2025 No 51); remaining provisions commence 5 November 2026
Last read
7 October 2026

The New South Wales Act that replaces the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966 from 5 November 2026. It authorises and restricts the supply, prescription and administration of scheduled substances, and section 54 lets the regulations set requirements for scheduled substances used for cosmetic purposes. Read alongside the Regulation, which carries the detail.

What changed

  • 5 November 2026Remaining provisions commenceCommencement Proclamation (2026 No 322, published 3 July 2026) appoints 5 November 2026 for the remaining uncommenced provisions of the Act, apart from nine listed items of Schedule 5. The Act's long title states it repeals the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966. NSW Health states that from 5 November 2026 the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act and Regulation are replaced by this Act and the Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Regulation 2026.
    • Replaces the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966 (NSW) as the Act the Regulation is made under
    • Section 54 is the power for requirements about scheduled substances used for cosmetic purposes
    • Offence penalties are set in five tiers (section 117), replacing the penalty amounts in the 1966 Act
  • 3 November 2025Version of 3 November 2025Latest published version at 7 October 2026, taking in the Tobacco Legislation (Closure Orders) Amendment Act 2025 No 51.
  • 28 November 2022Assented toAssented to on 28 November 2022; the legislative history records commencement by proclamation.
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