Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

MEDICINES, POISONS AND THERAPEUTIC GOODS ACT 2008 - SECT 54

A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     a regulated substance is prescribed by regulation; and

        (b)     the person is prescribed by regulation as a witness in relation to the discarding of the substance; and

        (c)     the person witnesses the discarding of the substance; and

        (d)     the discarding of the substance is entered in the register for the substance; and

        (e)     the person fails to sign the entry in the register as witness as soon as practicable (but not later than 24 hours) after the entry is made.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.

Note     Signs —see the dictionary.