Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 - SECT 20

What a licence, permit or warrant can authorise

20. What a licence, permit or warrant can authorise



(1) A licence authorises a person to do all or any of the following-

   (a)  manufacture and sell or supply by wholesale any Schedule 8 poison or
        Schedule 9 poison other than heroin;

   (b)  manufacture and sell or supply by wholesale any Schedule 2 poison,
        Schedule 3 poison, Schedule 4 poison or Schedule 7 poison;

   (c)  manufacture and sell or supply by retail any Schedule 7 poison (other
        than a Schedule 7 poison included in the Poisons Code in the list of
        substances that are not for general sale by retail);

   (d)  sell or supply by wholesale any Schedule 8 poison or Schedule 9 poison
        other than heroin;

   (e)  sell or supply by wholesale any Schedule 2 poison, Schedule 3 poison,
        Schedule 4 poison or Schedule 7 poison;

   (f)  sell or supply by retail any Schedule 2 poison;



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(3) A permit authorises a person to purchase or otherwise obtain poisons or
controlled substances for use for industrial, educational, advisory or
research purposes or for the provision of health services.

(3A) A person who is the holder of a permit issued under subsection (3)
authorising the person to purchase or otherwise obtain poisons or controlled
substances for the provision of health services is authorised to sell or
supply any poison or controlled substance to which that permit relates without
obtaining a further licence to do so under this section if that sale or
supply-

   (a)  is carried out by a person who is authorised under section 13(1)(a),
        (ba), (c) or (ca) to sell or supply that poison or controlled
        substance in the lawful practice of his or her profession; and

   (b)  is for the purposes of the provision of health services.

(4) A warrant authorises a person to purchase or otherwise obtain or use any
regulated poison in accordance with the warrant.

(5) A person who sells or supplies by wholesale or manufactures and sells or
supplies by wholesale any Schedule 1 poison is authorised to do so without
obtaining a licence under this section.