14—Special provisions relating to sale or supply of pseudoephedrine
(1) A person must not
sell or supply pseudoephedrine unless a prescribed identification document or
a birth certificate is produced by the person to whom the pseudoephedrine is
to be sold or supplied.
Maximum penalty: $3 000.
(2) A person who sells
or supplies pseudoephedrine must make and keep a record of the following
information:
(a) the
name and address of the person to whom the pseudoephedrine is being sold or
supplied;
(b) the
form of prescribed identification document produced by the person to whom the
pseudoephedrine is being sold or supplied;
(c) the
unique identification number (if any) on the prescribed
identification document produced;
(d) the
date of the sale or supply;
(e) the
directions given for the safe and proper use of the pseudoephedrine;
(f) the
trade name or the approved name of the pseudoephedrine being sold or supplied,
or, if it does not have either a trade name or approved name, its ingredients
and the form, strength and quantity sold or supplied;
(g) a
unique identifier enabling those records to be linked with the pseudoephedrine
sold or supplied.
Maximum penalty: $3 000.
(3) Subregulations (1)
and (2) do not apply in relation to—
(a) the
sale of pseudoephedrine by wholesale; or
(b) the
sale or supply of pseudoephedrine in the course of professional practice
by—
(i)
a pharmacist in a hospital; or
(ii)
a registered health practitioner other than a pharmacist;
or
(iii)
a veterinary surgeon.
(4) A person who makes
a record under subregulation (2) must keep it in an electronic form that
is accessible via the internet by the Chief Executive and the Commissioner of
Police.
Maximum penalty: $3 000.
(5) In this
regulation—
"Australian student identification card" means a card issued by an Australian
educational institution to identify a person studying at the institution;
"birth certificate" of a person means a certified copy of, or extract from, a
register of births kept under an Australian law, or under the law of the
country in which the person was born;
"driver's licence" means—
(a) a
driver's licence issued under the Motor Vehicles Act 1959 ; or
(b) an
interstate licence, interstate learner's permit or foreign licence within the
meaning of that Act;
"prescribed identification document" means a current—
(a)
driver's licence; or
(b)
firearms licence; or
(c)
passport (other than an Australian passport); or
(d)
proof of age card; or
(e)
Australian student identification card,
that bears a photograph of the holder;
"proof of age card" means a proof of age card issued by the Registrar of Motor
Vehicles or by a corresponding public authority of another State or a
Territory of the Commonwealth.