(1)  The professions, businesses, trades or industries carried on by persons specified in subregulations (2) , (3) and (4) are prescribed for the purposes of the definition of wholesale dealing in section 3(1) of the Act.

(2)  In respect of narcotic substances (S8) the following are specified:

(a) the holder of a licence to manufacture, use or possess narcotic substances in force under regulation 11 ;

(b) the holder of a licence to sell, distribute and supply narcotic substances in force under Division 2 of Part V of the Act;

(c) an authorised officer who is not a pharmacist;

(d) the master of a vessel, if the substances are intended to be used only for medical treatment on the vessel and are needed to complete the quantity of medicines and medical stores required to be carried on the vessel to comply with navigation requirements;

(e) a registered nurse or midwife authorised in respect of those substances under section 25A of the Act;

(f) an endorsed midwife, in respect of midwifery narcotic substances;

(g) an authorised person;

(h) a person directed under regulation 42 by the Commissioner of Ambulance Services to procure and distribute those substances for the Ambulance Service;

(i) an authorised health professional;

(j) in respect of the substances specified in a first-aid provider licence, a member or employee of the holder of that licence, acting in accordance with that licence.

(3)  In respect of restricted substances (S4) and potent substances (S3) the following are specified:

(a) a qualified person in charge of a laboratory or department engaged in medical or scientific research or instruction or in quality control or analysis;

(b) the holder of a licence to make or refine those substances in force under Division 3 of Part II of the Act;

(c) the holder of a licence to buy and sell those substances in force under Division 3 of Part II of the Act;

(d) an authorised officer who is not a pharmacist;

(e) the master of a vessel, if those substances are intended to be used only for medical treatment on the vessel and are needed to complete the quantity of medicines and medical stores required to be carried on the vessel to comply with navigation requirements;

(f) a registered nurse or midwife authorised in respect of those substances under section 25A of the Act;

(g) an endorsed midwife, in respect of midwifery restricted substances;

(h) an authorised person;

(i) a person directed under regulation 42 by the Commissioner of Ambulance Services to procure and distribute those substances for the Ambulance Service;

(j) in respect of the substances specified in a first-aid provider licence, a member or employee of the holder of that licence, acting in accordance with that licence;

(k) a podiatrist;

(l) an optometrist;

(m) in respect of the substances specified in regulation 82 , a registered nurse or midwife referred to in paragraph (c) of that regulation or a dental therapist;

(n) in respect of the substances specified in regulation 82(b) , a registered nurse or midwife.

(4)  In respect of other scheduled substances not specified in regulation 83 the following are specified:

(a) a qualified person in charge of a laboratory or department engaged in medical or scientific research or instruction or in quality control or analysis;

(b) the holder of a licence to make or refine those substances in force under Division 3 of Part II of the Act;

(c) the holder of a licence to buy and sell those substances in force under Division 3 of Part II of the Act;

(d) an authorised officer who is not a pharmacist;

(e) the master of a vessel, if those substances are intended to be used only for medical treatment on the vessel and are needed to complete the quantity of medicines and medical stores required to be carried on the vessel to comply with navigation requirements;

(f) a person having control of an industrial first aid post;

(g) a person directed under regulation 42 by the Commissioner of Ambulance Services to procure and distribute those substances for the Ambulance Service;

(h) in respect of the substances specified in a first-aid provider licence, a member or employee of the holder of that licence, acting in accordance with that licence;

(i) a podiatrist;

(j) an optometrist;

(k) a person engaged in the occupation of jewellery manufacture;

(l) a person engaged in the occupation of electroplating;

(m) a person engaged in the occupation of paint manufacture;

(n) a person engaged in the occupation of ferrous hardening;

(o) a person engaged in commercial pest control.