Offence to buy or possess S4 or S8 medicines or hazardous poisons

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(1)

A person must not buy or possess an S4 or S8 medicine or hazardous poison unless the person—

(a)

buys or possesses the medicine or poison in the authorised way; or

(b)

has a reasonable excuse.

Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.

Example of a reasonable excuse—

A person becomes responsible for the affairs of the holder of a substance authority who is critically ill, dies, is imprisoned or becomes bankrupt.

(2)

However, subsection (1) does not apply to a person to whom an S4 or S8 medicine is lawfully supplied for—

(a)

the person’s own therapeutic treatment; or

(b)

the therapeutic treatment of someone else for whom the person is an agent; or

(c)

the treatment of an animal.

(3)

Also, subsection (1) does not apply to a person who—

(a)

is given an S4 or S8 medicine lawfully supplied for the therapeutic treatment of someone else or an animal; and

(b)

temporarily possesses the medicine until it is needed for the treatment.

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