CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT 1984 - SECT 17A

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT 1984 - SECT 17A

17A—Manufacture, sale, supply or possession of certain precursors

        (1)         A person must not, unless he or she holds a permit from the Minister to do so, manufacture, sell or supply a poison to which this section applies (a " section 17A precursor").

Maximum penalty: $15 000 or imprisonment for 3 years, or both.

        (2)         A person must not, unless he or she holds a permit from the Minister to do so, be in possession of a section 17A precursor.

Maximum penalty: $10 000 or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.

        (3)         A person must not sell a section 17A precursor unless the purchaser produces the permit under which the person is entitled to be in possession of the section 17A precursor.

Maximum penalty: $10 000 or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.

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