24—Automatic vending machines (section 20 of Act)
(1) Section 20(1)
of the Act does not apply to—
(a) an
S5 poison that is sold or supplied by means of an automatic vending
machine located at a car washing facility provided that the first aid
instructions, warning statements and safety directions for the poison
specified in the Uniform Poisons Standard are displayed at the facility; or
(b) the
following products sold or supplied by means of an automatic vending machine:
(i)
condoms with or without spermicides or viricides;
(ii)
lubricants with or without spermicides or viricides; or
(c)
injecting equipment sold or supplied by way of an automatic vending machine at
a location and site approved by the Minister; or
(d) an
unscheduled medicine sold or supplied by way of an automatic vending machine
provided that—
(i)
the medicine is sold or supplied in the original unopened
pack supplied by the manufacturer; and
(ii)
the medicine is sold or supplied in a pack that contains
not more than 2 adult doses of the medicine; and
(iii)
the automatic vending machine is presented and located in
such a way that makes unsupervised access by children unlikely.
(2) In this
regulation—
"injecting equipment" means—
(a)
alcohol swabs, needles, syringe filters, syringes, tourniquets, water for
injection or winged infusion sets; or
(b) a
kit containing 1 or more of the items specified in paragraph (a);
"unscheduled medicine" means a medicine that is included in the Australian
Register of Therapeutic Goods and is not a scheduled medicine.