Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

MEDICINES, POISONS AND THERAPEUTIC GOODS ACT 2008 - SECT 64

    (1)     In this section:

"reportable substance"—see section 39.

    (2)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person makes a statement to a person (the authorised person ) who is authorised to administer or supply a reportable substance; and

Note     Supply includes dispense on prescription (see s 24).

        (b)     the statement is false or misleading; and

        (c)     the person knows the statement—

              (i)     is false or misleading; or

              (ii)     omits anything without which the statement is false or misleading; and

        (d)     the person makes the statement for the purpose of obtaining the substance from the authorised person.

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

    (3)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person makes a statement to a person (the authorised person ) who is authorised to issue a prescription or purchase order for a reportable substance; and

        (b)     the statement is false or misleading; and

        (c)     the person is reckless about whether the statement—

              (i)     is false or misleading; or

              (ii)     omits anything without which the statement is false or misleading; and

        (d)     the person makes the statement for the purpose of obtaining the prescription or purchase order from the authorised person.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.

    (4)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person states a name or home address to—

              (i)     a person (the authorised person ) authorised to dispense a reportable substance; or

              (ii)     an employee or agent of an authorised person in the course of the employee's or agent's employment or agency; and

        (b)     the statement—

              (i)     is false or misleading; or

              (ii)     omits anything without which the statement is false or misleading.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

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

    (6)     Subsections (2), (3) and (4) do not apply to the making of a statement if the statement is not false or misleading in a material particular.

    (7)     Subsections (2), (3) and (4) do not apply to the omission of something from a statement if the omission does not make the statement not false or misleading in a material particular.