Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 - SECT 30

Vending machines for poisons or controlled substances

30. Vending machines for poisons or controlled substances



(1) A person shall not-

   (a)  whether on or about his premises or elsewhere-

   (i)  install any automatic machine for the sale or supply of any poison or
        controlled substance; or

   (ii) sell or supply any poison or controlled substance by means of any
        automatic machine;

   (b)  allow permit or suffer any such automatic machine for the sale or
        supply of any poison or controlled substance to be installed on his
        premises;

   (c)  place or allow permit or suffer to be placed any poison or controlled
        substance in any automatic machine on his premises or under his
        control; or

   (d)  allow permit or suffer any person to purchase or be supplied with or
        otherwise obtain any poison or controlled substance by means of any
        automatic machine on the premises or under the control of the
        first-mentioned person.

(2) Any person who commits any contravention of or fails to comply with any
provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offence against this Act and
shall for every such offence be liable to a penalty of not more than 10
penalty units or to imprisonment for a term of not more than six months, and
to a further penalty of not less than 1 penalty unit and not more than 21/2
penalty units for each day on which any offence under this section is
continued after conviction by any court.

(3) Any automatic machine in respect of which any person is convicted of any
offence against the provisions of this section may in the discretion of the
court before which proceedings are taken for such offence be forfeited to Her
Majesty.



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Division 10-Drugs of dependence, Schedule 8 poisons, Schedule 9 poisons and
Schedule 4 poisons



Subdivision 1-Introductory matters and records