New South Wales Consolidated Acts

STOCK MEDICINES ACT 1989 - SECT 37

37 Possession of unregistered stock medicines

(1) A person must not have in his or her possession or custody an unregistered stock medicine unless:

(a) the stock medicine was prescribed or supplied by a veterinary practitioner, in the course of the practice of his or her profession, to deal with a particular condition of an animal or animals under his or her care (not being an animal or animals of a food producing species), or

(b) the person is a pharmacist or veterinary practitioner who has possession or custody of the stock medicine in the course of the practice of his or her profession for use otherwise than on an animal or animals of a food producing species.

Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units or, for an offence by a corporation, 400 penalty units.