Poisons substance authorities forms and fees

Substance authorities (licences or general approvals) allow a person to carry out a regulated activity with a regulated substance under the Medicines and Poisons Act 2019 (MPA). You can apply for a substance authority using the appropriate form and paying any relevant fees.

Poisons licence application forms

• Application form for a manufacturing licence – poisons (RTF 1266 kB)
  • Manufacturing Licence - Additional sites form (PDF 60 kB)
  • Additional Executive Officers/Directors/Chairpersons/Partners/other persons attachment (PDF 55 kB)
• Application form a wholesale licence – poisons (PDF 258 kB)
  • Additional sites attachment - wholesale (PDF 82 kB)
  • Additional Executive Officers/Directors/Chairpersons/Partners/other persons attachment (PDF 55 kB)
• Application form for a S7 retail licence – poisons (PDF 133 kB)

Poisons general approval application forms

• Regulated substance (PDF 97 kB)
  • Additional sites form (PDF 72 kB)
• Authorised biosecurity and nature conservation officers (PDF 76 kB)
• Commercial baiting (PDF 137 kB)
• Cyanide (PDF 81 kB)
• Research, analysis & teaching at a university (PDF 103 kB)
• Research & analysis at a commercial laboratory (PDF 92 kB)
  • Additional sites form (PDF 72 kB)
• Fluroacetic Acid (1080), PAPP for landholders (RTF 1310 kB)
• Manufactured low-risk fluoroacetic acid baits for landholders (RTF 1078 kB)
• Restricted S7 poison state and local government entity (PDF 89 kB)

Substance authority (licence) fees

The Medicines and Poisons (Poisons and Prohibited Substances) Regulation 2021 (the Poisons Regulation) (Chapter 9, Part 2) provides detail about fees payable under the MPA related to substance authorities for dealing with a hazardous poison. Fees payable are listed in Schedule 6 of the Poisons Regulation.

Licensing fees for substance authorities are payable for each site for each year you hold the authority.

Fees payable

Fees are reviewed on 1 October each year.

On 1 October 2025 fees have increased to $1.096 per fee unit in line with the government's indexation policy in accordance with the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 and the Acts Interpretation (Fee Unit) Regulation 2022.

A licensing fee is payable for each site for each year of the substance authority.

Fees payable for applications from 1 October 2025

The first time an application is made for a substance authority a processing fee as specified in item 1 is payable, along with the applicable yearly licence fee specified in items 2a–2e, 4a–4e and 5a–5e (inclusive) above.

The fee for renewal of a licence is the same as the yearly licence fee above, but there is no requirement to pay a processing fee, provided the requirements for a renewal application are met.

How to pay fees

Initial or new applications for licences are only considered valid once an application is received and the accompanying prescribed fee is paid.

Fees for new applications may be paid by credit card, cheque or money order (payable to Queensland Health). Fees for renewal and amendment applications may be paid using BPoint using the renewal application number and the licence number as the reference for amendments.

For guidance on what action is required from you for your particular approval or licence type, please refer to the instructions on the relevant application form.

Fee exemptions

A licensing fee for an initial application or renewal application for a manufacturing licence for a hazardous poison or a wholesale licence for a hazardous poison (a later application) is not required to be paid, if:

• an initial application or renewal application for a manufacturing licence for an S4 medicine or wholesale licence for an S4 medicine (first application) has been made, and not withdrawn or refused, under the Medicines and Poisons (Medicines) Regulation 2021
• the site the subject of the later application is the same as the site the subject of the first application
• the term proposed for the later application ends no later than the last month of either
  • the term proposed for the first application
  • if the chief executive has granted the first application—the term of the substance authority granted on the first application
• all fees payable under the MPA for the first application have been paid.

Fees for refused or withdrawn applications

If an applicant has paid the applicable licensing fee for an application for a substance authority for a hazardous poison and the application is refused by the chief executive or withdrawn by the applicant, the chief executive must refund the applicant the licensing fee for the application.

The licensing fee is specified in items 2–7 (inclusive) in the payable fees table and does not include the processing fee specified in item 1. The processing fee will not be refunded.

Surrendered licences

If the holder of a substance authority has paid a licensing fee for a particular term and the authority is surrendered before the end of the granted term, a proportional refund will be given.

Contacts

For more information on fees, contact the Public Health Licensing Unit:

• email—licensing@health.qld.gov.au
• phone—(07) 3328 9310

To apply for a licence or general approval for hazardous poisons, submit the required application form and supporting documents to licensing@health.qld.gov.au.