DRUGS MISUSE REGULATION 1987 - REG 5 Other act that is a relevant transaction—Act, s 43C(b)
DRUGS MISUSE REGULATION 1987 - REG 5
Other act that is a relevant transaction—Act, s 43C(b)5 Other act that is a relevant transaction—Act, s 43C(b)
Any act by which a controlled substance is supplied by a person, in or in connection with the person’s business, to anyone else is a relevant transaction for the supply of a controlled substance.
Example—A and B are partners in a chain of pharmacies. They make cold tablets to sell in the pharmacies by compounding ephedrine (a controlled substance) with other substances.
The partners sell some of the left over ephedrine to a pharmaceutical research company and give the rest away.
Both the sale and gift of ephedrine are relevant transactions.
Editor’s note—Under section 43A of the Act —
"supply" means give, distribute, sell or supply.