Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 - SECT 27A

Offences concerning labelling and other matters

27A. Offences concerning labelling and other matters





(1) A person must not sell or supply a poison or controlled substance with a
label that does not comply with the requirements of-

   (a)  in the case of a Schedule 1 poison, the Poisons Code; or

   (b)  in the case of any other poison or controlled substance, the
        Commonwealth standard.

Penalty: 20 penalty units.

(1A) A person must not sell or supply a poison or controlled substance in a
container that does not comply with the requirements of-

   (a)  in the case of a Schedule 1 poison, the Poisons Code; or

   (b)  in the case of any other poison or controlled substance, the
        Commonwealth standard.

Penalty: 20 penalty units.

(2) A person must not sell or supply a Schedule 1 poison-

   (a)  which the person has stored or packaged otherwise than in accordance
        with the Poisons Code; or

   (b)  which the person knows to have been stored or packaged otherwise than
        in accordance with the Poisons Code.

Penalty: 20 penalty units.

(2A) A person must not sell or supply a poison or controlled substance (other
than a Schedule 1 poison)-

   (a)  which the person has stored or packaged otherwise than in accordance
        with the Commonwealth standard; or

   (b)  which the person knows to have been stored or packaged otherwise than
        in accordance with the Commonwealth standard.

Penalty: 20 penalty units.

(3) A person must not advertise for sale or supply a Schedule 1 poison
otherwise than in accordance with the Poisons Code.

Penalty: 20 penalty units.

(3A) A person must not advertise for sale or supply a poison or controlled
substance (other than a Schedule 1 poison) otherwise than in accordance with
the Commonwealth standard.

Penalty: 20 penalty units.

(4) Nothing in this section applies to a Schedule 1 poison that is sold or
supplied by-



   (a)  a registered Chinese medicine practitioner or registered Chinese
        herbal dispenser in accordance with the endorsement of that person's
        registration under the Health Professions Registration Act 2005; or

   (b)  an authorised practitioner acting in accordance with an endorsement of
        that practitioner's registration.