New South Wales Consolidated Acts

DRUG MISUSE AND TRAFFICKING ACT 1985 - SECT 11

11 Possession of equipment for administration of prohibited drugs

(1) A person who has in his or her possession any item of equipment for use in the administration of a prohibited drug is guilty of an offence.

(1A) Subsection (1) does not apply to or in respect of a hypodermic syringe or a hypodermic needle.

(1B) Subsection (1) does not apply to or in respect of a person prescribed by the regulations, or a person who is of a class of persons prescribed by the regulations, who has in his or her possession any item of equipment that is required to minimise health risks associated with the intravenous administration of a prohibited drug.

(2) Nothing in this section renders unlawful the possession of an item of equipment by:

(a) a medical practitioner, dentist, veterinary practitioner, pharmacist, nurse or midwife acting in the ordinary course of his or her profession,

(b) a member of any other prescribed profession acting in the ordinary course of that profession,

(c) a person licensed or authorised to have possession of the item of equipment under the Poisons Act 1966 ,

(d) a person authorised to have possession of the item of equipment by the Secretary of the Department of Health, or

(e) a person for use in the administration of a prohibited drug lawfully prescribed or supplied.