Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A pharmacist who supplies a Schedule 8 substance or restricted Schedule 4 substance on a prescription must, within 7 days after the supply, give the CHO:
(a) if the prescription is a repeat prescription that authorises supply on a later occasion – a copy of the prescription; or
(b) otherwise – the prescription on which the pharmacist supplied the substance.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
(1A) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to the supply of a monitored medicine for administration to a person.
Note for subsection (1A)
Section 243E(1)(b) requires information to be given by a pharmacist in relation to the supply of a monitored medicine for administration to a person.
(2) An offence against subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.
(3) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) if the defendant establishes a reasonable excuse.