Reporting loss and theft of certain regulated substances
39 Reporting loss and theft of certain regulated substances
In this section:
reportable substance means—
a controlled medicine; or
a dangerous poison; or
a prohibited substance; or
a schedule 10 substance; or
another regulated substance prescribed by regulation.
A person commits an offence if—
the person is authorised to possess a reportable substance; and
the person possesses the substance; and
the substance is lost or the person suspects that the substance has been lost; and
the person fails to tell the chief health officer, in writing, about the loss or suspected loss and how it happened as soon as practicable (but not later than 7 days) after the day the person becomes aware of the loss or suspected loss.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.
A person commits an offence if—
the person is authorised to possess a reportable substance; and
the person possesses the substance; and
the substance is stolen or the person suspects that the substance has been stolen; and
the person fails to tell the chief health officer and a police officer about the theft or suspected theft—
orally immediately after the person becomes aware of the theft or suspected theft; and
in writing not later than 24 hours after the person becomes aware of the theft or suspected theft.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.
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