New South Wales Consolidated Acts

POISONS AND THERAPEUTIC GOODS ACT 1966 - SECT 36B

36B Offence to supply regulated goods by retail after expiry date

(1) A person who supplies by retail regulated goods after the expiry date that is, in accordance with a standard that is applicable to the goods, stated on or in relation to the goods is guilty of an offence.

: Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.

(2) A standard is applicable to regulated goods if--

(a) a standard specified in an order under section 10 of the Commonwealth Act is applicable to the goods, or

(b) if no such order is applicable to the goods but the goods are the subject of a monograph in the British Pharmacopoeia in the case of goods for use in or on humans, or the British Pharmacopoeia (Veterinary) in the case of goods for use in or on animals--a standard that is constituted by the statements in that monograph.

Note : Section 10 of the Commonwealth Act empowers the Commonwealth Minister to make orders determining standards for therapeutic goods.