CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT 1984 - SECT 15
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT 1984 - SECT 15
15—Sale or supply to end user
(1) A person must not
sell by retail or supply to a person a poison, medicine or medical device to
which this section applies unless the person—
(a) is a
registered health practitioner or veterinary surgeon acting in the ordinary
course of his or her profession; or
(b) is
licensed to do so by the Minister.
Maximum penalty: $10 000.
(2) This section
applies to such poisons (other than prescription drugs), medicines or
medical devices as may be prescribed, individually or by class, by the
regulations.
(3) In proceedings for
an offence against subsection (1), the paragraphs of the subsection are
to be treated as providing exceptions, and, if the complaint negatives the
exceptions or alleges that the defendant acted without lawful authority, no
proof will be required in relation to the exceptions by the prosecution but
the application of an exception will be a matter for proof by the defendant.