South Australian Consolidated Acts (1) This Part does not
apply to—
(a) the
sale, manufacture, supply, administration or possession of a drug
of dependence, the sale or possession of equipment for use in connection with
the consumption or administration of such a drug or the preparation, for
consumption or administration, of such a drug by—
(i)
a medical practitioner, dentist, veterinary surgeon,
pharmacist or nurse acting in the ordinary course of his or her profession; or
(ii)
a member of any other prescribed profession acting in the
course of that profession; or
(iii)
a person acting in accordance with a licence issued by
the Minister under this Act; or
(b) the
possession of a drug of dependence, or of equipment for use in connection with
the consumption or administration of a drug of dependence, by—
(i)
a person—
(A) for whom the drug has been lawfully
prescribed; or
(B) to whom the drug has been lawfully
supplied for the purpose of consumption or administration by the person; or
(ii)
a person—
(A) being the owner of an animal for whom
the drug has been lawfully prescribed; or
(B) to whom the drug has been lawfully
supplied for the purpose of consumption by or administration to an animal
owned by the person; or
(iii)
a person acting on behalf of a person referred to in
subparagraph (i) or (ii); or
(c) the
administration or supply, or the giving of permission for the administration
or supply, of a drug of dependence to a person—
(i)
for whom the drug has been lawfully prescribed; or
(ii)
to whom the drug has been lawfully supplied for the
purpose of consumption or administration by the person; or
(d) the
consumption or administration of a drug of dependence by a person—
(i)
for whom the drug has been lawfully prescribed; or
(ii)
to whom the drug has been lawfully supplied for the
purpose of consumption or administration by the person.
(2) In proceedings for
an offence against this Part, subsection (1) is to be treated as
providing exceptions, and no proof will be required in relation to any
exception by the prosecution but the application of an exception will be a
matter for proof by the defendant.
Subdivision 1—Trafficking in controlled drugs