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 obtain a licence by applying for it using the appropriate form and paying any relevant fees. You can obtain a general approval by applying for it using the appropriate form. There are no fees associated with obtaining a general approval.

Poisons licence application forms

• Application form for a manufacturing licence – poisons (PDF 124 kB)
  • Manufacturing Licence - Additional sites form (PDF 174 kB)
  • Additional Executive Officers/Directors/Chairpersons/Partners/other persons attachment (PDF 157 kB)
• Application form a wholesale licence – poisons (PDF 217 kB)
  • Additional sites attachment - wholesale (PDF 76 kB)
  • Additional Executive Officers/Directors/Chairpersons/Partners/other persons attachment (PDF 157 kB)
• Application form for a S7 retail licence – poisons (PDF 238 kB)

Poisons general approval application forms

• Application form for a general approval – regulated substance (PDF 80 kB)
  • Application form for a general approval – additional sites form (PDF 62 kB)
• Application form for a general approval – authorised biosecurity and nature conservation officers (PDF 77 kB)
• Application form for a general approval – commercial baiting (PDF 236 kB)
• Application form for a general approval – cyanide (PDF 309 kB)
• Application form for a general approval – research, analysis & teaching at a university (PDF 293 kB)
• Application form for a general approval – research & analysis at a commercial laboratory (PDF 240 kB)
  • Application form for a general approval – additional sites form (PDF 62 kB)
• Application form for a general approval – Fluroacetic Acid (1080), PAPP for landholders (RTF 1279 kB)
• Application form for a general approval – manufactured low-risk fluoroacetic acid baits for landholders (PDF 79 kB)
• Application form for a general approval – restricted S7 poison state and local government entity (PDF 240 kB)

Substance authority (licence) fees

The Medicines and Poisons (Poisons and Prohibited Substances) Regulation 2021 (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 (licences) are payable for each site for each year you hold the authority.

Any part of the term of a substance authority that is not a full year, the licensing fee payable in relation to that part of the term is the proportion of the licensing fee attributable to the number of months, rounded up to whole months, of the year that are in the term.

Fees payable

Fees are reviewed on 1 October each year. On 1 October 2023 fees were increased in line with the Government's indexation policy.

The first time an application is made for a substance authority for dealing with a hazardous poison, a processing fee of $148.93 is payable, along with the applicable yearly licence fee specified in items 2a-2e, 4a-4e and 6a-6e (inclusive) above.

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

How to pay fees

Approvals and licences are generally assessed, processed and determined by delegates of the chief executive who are officers within the Environmental Hazards Unit (EHU).

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.

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.

Application for a Poisons Substance Authority Credit Card Payment form (PDF 54 kB)

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; and
• the site the subject of the later application is the same as the site the subject of the first application; and
• the term proposed for the later application ends no later than the last month of
  • the term proposed for the first application; or
  • if the chief executive has granted the first application—the term of the substance authority granted on the first application; and
• 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 1-4 (inclusive) in the payable fees table and does not include the processing fee specified in item 7. The processing fee will not be refunded.

Shorter term licences

If an applicant has paid a licensing fee for a particular term and an application is granted for a shorter term, a proportional refund will be given.

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.

Related information

• Fact sheet – Manufacture, wholesale, retail or other substance authority (PDF 312 kB)

Contacts

For further information, contact the Environmental Hazards Unit:

• Email: environmentalhazards@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:

• Email: licensing@health.qld.gov.au