s 74
In forceUnauthorised dispensing of optical appliances
Part 5Optometry practice
74 Unauthorised dispensing of optical appliances
(1)
Subject to subsection (2), a person must not sell an optical appliance by retail unless the appliance has been prescribed for the purchaser by an optometrist or orthoptist or a medical practitioner.
Maximum penalty: $30 000.
(2)
Subsection (1) does not apply to the sale of glasses if—
(a)
the glasses are designed only to alleviate the effects of presbyopia;
and
(b)
the glasses comprise 2 lenses of the same power, being a power of +1 dioptre or more but not exceeding +3 dioptres; and
(c)
the glasses are manufactured to the prescribed standard; and
(d)
a prescribed warning is attached to the glasses in the prescribed manner at the time of sale.
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