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.