17C—Regulation of sale of certain precursors
(1) A person must not
sell a poison to which this section applies (a " section 17C
precursor") to another person unless—
(a) the
purchaser provides the seller with a duly completed end user statement in the
form prescribed by regulation; and
(b) the
purchaser produces his or her driver's licence, passport or other satisfactory
evidence of the person's identity that includes a photograph; and
(c) the
seller duly completes the seller's section of the end user statement.
Maximum penalty: $10 000 or imprisonment for 3 years, or both.
(2) A seller of
section 17C precursors must, if at any time he or she forms a suspicion
that an order or enquiry for the purchase of such a precursor may be connected
to an unlawful use of the precursor, inform the Commissioner of Police of the
suspicion.
Maximum penalty: $1 000 or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.
(3) This section does
not apply in relation to the sale of a section 17C precursor if the
sale—
(a) is
of a section 17C precursor contained in a preparation designed, packaged
and labelled for human or animal therapeutic use; and
(b) is
made to, or by, a registered health practitioner or veterinary surgeon acting
in the ordinary course of his or her profession.
(4) This section
applies to such poisons as may be prescribed, individually or by class, by the
regulations.