Public Health Act 1997

An approved person who supplies a syringe to another person is not, only because of that supply, taken to commit any offence under or because of the Criminal Code, part 2.4 (Extensions of criminal responsibility) if—

the supply is in the course of the professional practice or occupational duties of the approved person; and

the approved person has reasonable grounds for believing that—

the syringe might be used for the purpose of the administration to the other person of a controlled drug under the Criminal Code, section 600; and

the supply of the syringe might assist in preventing the spread of disease.

A person who prints or publishes a notice, announcement or advertisement in any form about the supply by an approved person of syringes in the circumstances referred to in subsection (1) is not, only because of that printing or publishing, taken to have committed any offence under or because of the Criminal Code, part 2.4 (Extensions of criminal responsibility).