Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

MEDICINES, POISONS AND THERAPEUTIC GOODS ACT 2012 - SECT 91

    (1)     An authorised prescriber must not issue a prescription for the supply of a Schedule 8 substance for more than:

        (a)     3 months supply of the substance administered at the daily dose recommended by the authorised prescriber; or

(b)     if a greater quantity is prescribed by a code that applies to the issue of the prescription – that quantity.

Maximum penalty:     100 penalty units.

    (2)     An offence against subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.