South Australian Numbered Acts South Australian Numbered Acts40—Restriction on sale of optical appliances
(1) Subject to
subsection (2), a person must not sell an optical appliance by retail
unless the appliance has been prescribed for the purchaser by an optometrist
or orthoptist or a medical practitioner.
Maximum penalty: $10 000.
(2)
Subsection (1) does not prevent the sale of glasses if—
(a) the
glasses are designed only to alleviate the effects of presbyopia; and
(b) the
glasses comprise 2 lenses of the same power, being a power of +1 dioptre
or more but not exceeding +3 dioptres; and
(c) the
glasses are manufactured to the prescribed standard; and
(d) a
prescribed warning is attached to the glasses in the prescribed manner at the
time of sale.
(3) In this
section—
"orthoptist" means a person registered as an orthoptist with the Australian
Orthoptic Board established by Australian Orthoptists Registration Body Pty
Ltd.