Offence to dispose of waste from diversion-risk medicines
42 Offence to dispose of waste from diversion-risk medicines
A person must not dispose of waste from a diversion-risk medicine unless the person—
disposes of the waste in the authorised way; or
has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who—
discards the waste by placing it under the control of a person authorised to dispose of the waste under this Act; or
Example for paragraph (a)—
a person who returns the waste to a pharmacist for disposal in a ‘return unwanted medicines’ bin
discards or destroys the waste under another law.
Example for paragraph (b)—
the holder of an environmental authority under the Environmental Protection Act 1994 who destroys the waste in accordance with the authority
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