Offence—unauthorised administration of approved substance
75 Offence—unauthorised administration of approved substance
A person commits an offence if the person—
administers an approved substance to an individual; and
is not authorised to administer the approved substance to the individual under section 66 (Administering approved substances—administering practitioner).
Maximum penalty: imprisonment for 7 years.
This section does not apply if the person administers a medicine to another person under the Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2008.
The defendant has an evidential burden in relation to the matters mentioned in s (2) (see Criminal Code, s 58).
In this section:
medicine—see the Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2008, section 11 (1).
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