Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A person must not issue a prescription for the supply of an unrestricted Schedule 8 substance in a prohibited circumstance mentioned in subsection (2) unless the person:
(a) is an authorised health practitioner; and
(b) issues the prescription:
(i) under a Schedule 8 authorisation or Schedule 8 exemption; and
(ii) in the course of practising the health practitioner's health profession.
Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.
(2) Each of the following is a prohibited circumstance for issuing the prescription:
(b) for treating a person's addiction to a substance;
(c) for another purpose prescribed by regulation.
Note for section 84
Section 139(1) provides that the CHO may, on application, authorise the supply, administration or the issue of a prescription for the supply of an unrestricted Schedule 8 substance in a prohibited circumstance.