Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts Australian Capital Territory Repealed ActsThis legislation has been repealed.
(1) A person other than a registered optometrist shall not sell spectacles or contact lenses other than spectacles or contact lenses dispensed in accordance with a prescription written by a medical practitioner or by a registered optometrist and produced to him or her by the person to whom the spectacles or contact lenses are sold.
(2) In this section:
"spectacles" does not include sunglasses, other than sunglasses prescribed by a medical practitioner or by a registered optometrist.
(3) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.