Criminal Code 2002

A person commits an offence if—

the person possesses a thing; and

the thing is a tablet press; and

the person is reckless about whether the thing is a tablet press.

Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units, imprisonment for 2 years or both.

Subsection (1) does not apply to a person if the person has a reasonable excuse for possessing the tablet press.

Examples—reasonable excuse

1 to manufacture a regulated substance in accordance with authorisation under the Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2008

2 to supply a regulated therapeutic good in accordance with authorisation under the Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2008

3 to give the tablet press to a person authorised under the Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2008 to manufacture a regulated substance or to supply a regulated therapeutic good

Note The defendant has an evidential burden in relation to the matters mentioned in s (2) (see s 58).

In this section:

tablet press means an instrument or machine that may be used to manufacture a controlled drug in tablet form.

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