New South Wales Consolidated Acts

POISONS AND THERAPEUTIC GOODS ACT 1966 - SECT 11

11 Restriction on wholesale supply of certain substances

(1) A holder of a wholesaler's licence or a wholesaler's authority who supplies to a person other than an authorised person--

(a) a substance specified in Schedule 1, 2, 3 or 7 of the Poisons List, or

(b) a restricted substance,

is guilty of an offence.

: Maximum penalty--

(a) 20 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both, if the offence involves a restricted substance of a kind prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section, or

(b) 15 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both, in any other case.

(2) In this section,
"authorised person" means--

(a) a medical practitioner, dentist, veterinary practitioner or pharmacist, or

(a1) a nurse practitioner authorised under section 17A to supply or use, or have possession of, the substance concerned, or

(a2) an optometrist authorised under section 17B to supply or use, or have possession of, the substance concerned, or

(a3) a midwife practitioner authorised under section 17A to supply or use, or have possession of, the substance concerned, or

(a4) a podiatrist authorised under section 17C to supply or use, or have possession of, the substance concerned, or

(b) a holder of a manufacturer's licence, a wholesaler's licence or a wholesaler's authority, or

(c) a holder of a general supplier's licence or a general supplier's authority, or

(d) any other person licensed or authorised by or under this Act to supply or use, or have possession of, the substance concerned.