MEDICINES, POISONS AND THERAPEUTIC GOODS ACT 2012 - SECT 79 Possessing Scheduled substances for delivery

MEDICINES, POISONS AND THERAPEUTIC GOODS ACT 2012 - SECT 79

    (1)     This section applies to a person (the delivery person ) who is:

        (a)     engaged by an authorised supplier to transport and deliver a Scheduled substance to someone who is authorised under this Act to possess the substance (the recipient ); or

        (b)     an employee or agent of a person mentioned in paragraph (a).

Examples of delivery person for subsection (1)

1     A hospital employee.

2     An employee of a courier service.

    (2)     The delivery person is authorised to:

        (a)     possess the Scheduled substance for transporting and delivering it to the recipient in accordance with the delivery person's engagement by the authorised supplier; and

        (b)     supply the substance to the recipient or recipient's employee or agent.

Example of agent for subsection (2)(b)

The guardian of a child for a substance supplied for administering to the child on a prescription issued by an authorised prescriber.

    (3)     In this section:

"authorised supplier", for a Scheduled substance, means:

        (a)     a person authorised to supply the substance under:

            (i)     Part 2.3 or a regulation; or

            (ii)     an Act of the Commonwealth, a State or another Territory; or

        (b)     the holder of an authority authorised to supply the substance.