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CurrentOffence to supply medicines or hazardous poisons
Chapter 2Offences
Part 1General offences
Division 1Regulated substances
35 Offence to supply medicines or hazardous poisons
(1)
A person (the supplier) must not supply a medicine or hazardous poison to someone else (the recipient) unless the supplier—
(a)
lawfully possesses the medicine or poison and supplies the medicine or poison in the authorised way; or
(b)
has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty—500 penalty units.
(2)
For subsection (1), the following matters are immaterial—
(a)
the quantity of the medicine or poison supplied;
(b)
whether or not the supplier and the recipient are in the same place when the medicine or poison is supplied;
(c)
whether or not the medicine or poison is supplied by indirect means.
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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