Controlled Substances Act 1984

A person must not sell a poison to which this section applies (a section 17C precursor) to another person unless—

the purchaser provides the seller with a duly completed end user statement in the form prescribed by regulation; and

the purchaser produces his or her driver's licence, passport or other satisfactory evidence of the person's identity that includes a photograph; and

the seller duly completes the seller's section of the end user statement. Maximum penalty: Maximum penalty: $10 000 or imprisonment for 3 years, or both.

A seller of section 17C precursors must, if at any time he or she forms a suspicion that an order or enquiry for the purchase of such a precursor may be connected to an unlawful use of the precursor, inform the Commissioner of Police of the suspicion. Maximum penalty: Maximum penalty: $1 000 or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.

This section does not apply in relation to the sale of a section 17C precursor if the sale—

is of a section 17C precursor contained in a preparation designed, packaged and labelled for human or animal therapeutic use; and

is made to, or by, a registered health practitioner or veterinarian acting in the ordinary course of his or her profession.

This section applies to such poisons as may be prescribed, individually or by class, by the regulations.