Victorian Current Acts

DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT 1981 - SECT 29

    (1)     A person shall not sell or supply any drug or medicine which is for internal use or any food drink or condiment in a container—

        (a)     of the like description to that prescribed by the regulations for a container in which any poison or controlled substance intended for external use may be sold; or

        (b)     of such a description as not to be readily distinguishable by sight and touch or by either sight or touch from a container in which a poison or controlled substance intended for external use may be sold.

S. 29(2) amended by Nos 42/1993 s. 47(1), 74/2004 s. 14(6), 75/2014 s. 20.

    (2)     Nothing in this section shall affect any other requirements of this Act, the Poisons Standard, the Poisons Code or the regulations with respect to the containers in which drugs or medicines which are or contain poisons or controlled substances may be sold.

S. 29(3) inserted by No. 20/2016 s. 110, repealed by No. 34/2019 s. 13.

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