Poisonous substance definition

Poisonous substance means any substance capable of destroying life or seriously endangering health when applied externally to the body or introduced internally in moderate doses.
Poisonous substance means any substance likely to kill, stun or injure any fish or damage or pollute aquatic ecosystems;
Poisonous substance means any of the substances specified in Part IV of the First Schedule.

Examples of Poisonous substance in a sentence

  • Where an employee is required to use a Poisonous Substances or assist an employee who uses a Poisonous Substance, they will be paid an hourly poisons allowance.


More Definitions of Poisonous substance

Poisonous substance means a chemical or other substance that may be harmful to human, animal, plant, microorganism, environment or other properties.
Poisonous substance means any substance or class of substances declared to be a poisonous substance under the provisions of section 9 of this Act and to which the provisions of this Act are made to apply;
Poisonous substance means a substance specified in Schedule E.
Poisonous substance means any substance declared by any regulations to be a poisonous substance.
Poisonous substance means any substance the introduction of which into the body of any person by any route involved the risk of material departure from the normal health of that person, and includes any substance declared by the Minister, by notice in the Gazette, to be for the purposes of this Ordinance a poisonous substance;*
Poisonous substance means a substance specified in Schedule E. 14[PART X‐B
Poisonous substance means a substance used by an employee in the course of employment that is capable of causing serious harm to the employee and requires the employee to use and wear protective clothing and equipment including a respirator or hazardous substance mask. Protected Award Conditions has the same meaning as in section 354 of the WR Act. Related Body Corporate has the same meaning as in sections 9 and 50 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).