Queensland Consolidated Regulations

HEALTH (DRUGS AND POISONS) REGULATION 1996 - REG 91

91 Delivery of controlled drugs

(1) A person who sells a controlled drug (the
"seller" ), or an adult employee of the seller, may personally deliver a controlled drug to an authorised person (the
"buyer" ), or an adult employee of the buyer, at the seller’s or buyer’s premises.

(2) The seller must obtain the buyer’s purchase order before or on delivery of the controlled drug.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

(3) When the seller delivers a controlled drug to the buyer at the buyer’s premises, the seller must obtain from the person to whom the drug is delivered a dated and signed acknowledgement of receipt of the drug, written on or attached to the order.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

(4) The seller must not deliver a controlled drug to the buyer unless—

(a) the drug is in a securely closed package addressed to the buyer and the package does not contain goods other than controlled drugs; and

(b) the package contains a packing slip or similar document with ‘Controlled drugs—check carefully’ printed on it in bold-faced sans serif capital letters with a face depth of at least 12.5mm; and

(c) the packing slip is placed so it is visible as soon as the package is opened.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.