Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

MEDICINES, POISONS AND THERAPEUTIC GOODS ACT 2008 - SECT 60

    (1)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person is authorised to supply a regulated substance; and

        (b)     the person supplies a regulated substance to someone else; and

        (c)     the substance is not labelled—

              (i)     as prescribed by regulation; or

              (ii)     in accordance with an approval under section 193 (Approval of non-standard packaging and labelling).

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

    (2)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person is authorised to supply a regulated substance; and

        (b)     the person supplies a regulated substance to someone else; and

        (c)     the substance is not labelled—

              (i)     as prescribed by regulation; or

              (ii)     in accordance with an approval under section 193.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

    (3)     This section does not apply to a regulated substance that is supplied for immediate administration to a person.

    (4)     An offence against subsection (2) is a strict liability offence.