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Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
27AOffences concerning labelling and other matters
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27A Offences concerning labelling and other matters
S. 27A(1) substituted by No. 74/2004 s. 14(1).
(1) A person must not sell or supply a poison or controlled substance with a label that does not comply with the requirements of—
(a) in the case of a Schedule 1 poison, the Poisons Code; or
S. 27A(1)(b) amended by No. 75/2014 s. 19(1).
(b) in the case of any other poison or controlled substance, the Poisons Standard.
S. 27A(1A) inserted by No. 74/2004 s. 14(1).
(1A) A person must not sell or supply a poison or controlled substance in a container that does not comply with the requirements of—
(a) in the case of a Schedule 1 poison, the Poisons Code; or
S. 27A(1A)(b) amended by No. 75/2014 s. 19(2).
(b) in the case of any other poison or controlled substance, the Poisons Standard.
S. 27A(2) amended by No. 74/2004 s. 14(2).
(2) A person must not sell or supply a Schedule 1 poison—
(a) which the person has stored or packaged otherwise than in accordance with the Poisons Code; or
(b) which the person knows to have been stored or packaged otherwise than in accordance with the Poisons Code.
S. 27A(2A) inserted by No. 74/2004 s. 14(3).
(2A) A person must not sell or supply a poison or controlled substance (other than a Schedule 1 poison)—
S. 27A(2A)(a) amended by No. 75/2014 s. 19(3).
(a) which the person has stored or packaged otherwise than in accordance with the Poisons Standard; or
S. 27A(2A)(b) amended by No. 75/2014 s. 19(3).
(b) which the person knows to have been stored or packaged otherwise than in accordance with the Poisons Standard.
S. 27A(3) amended by No. 74/2004 s. 14(4).
(3) A person must not advertise for sale or supply a Schedule 1 poison otherwise than in accordance with the Poisons Code.
S. 27A(3A) inserted by No. 74/2004 s. 14(5), amended by No. 75/2014 s. 19(4).
(3A) A person must not advertise for sale or supply a poison or controlled substance (other than a Schedule 1 poison) otherwise than in accordance with the Poisons Standard.
S. 27A(4) inserted by No. 18/2000 s. 104, amended by No. 97/2005 s. 182(Sch. 4 item 16.4), substituted by No. 13/2010 s. 41, amended by No. 27/2012 s. 15.
(4) Nothing in this section applies to a Schedule 1 poison that is sold or supplied by a registered Chinese medicine practitioner or registered Chinese herbal dispenser in accordance with the endorsement of that person's registration under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law.
S. 27A(5) inserted by No. 20/2016 s. 109, repealed by No. 34/2019 s. 12.