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CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT 1984 - SECT 16

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT 1984 - SECT 16

16—Sale of certain poisons

        (1)         A person must not sell a poison to which this section applies to a person under the age of 18 years.

Maximum penalty: $10 000.

        (2)         A person must not sell a poison to which this section applies—

            (a)         unless the purchaser is known to the vendor; or

            (b)         unless the purchaser produces satisfactory evidence of his or her identity.

Maximum penalty: $10 000.

        (3)         If a person seeks to purchase a poison to which this section applies, the vendor must ask the prospective purchaser the purpose for which the poison is required, and must not proceed with the sale unless the question is satisfactorily answered.

Maximum penalty: $10 000.

        (4)         A person who sells poisons to which this section applies must keep prescribed records.

Maximum penalty: $10 000.

        (5)         This section applies to such poisons as may be prescribed, individually or by class, by the regulations.