30Vending machines for poisons or controlled substances

30 Vending machines for poisons or controlled substances S. 30(1) amended by No. 41/2024 s. 14(1). (1) Subject to subsection (1A), a person shall not— S. 30(1)(a) amended by No. 20/2016 s. 111. (a) whether on or about the person's premises or elsewhere— (i) install any automatic machine for the sale or supply of any poison or controlled substance; or (ii) sell or supply any poison or controlled substance by means of any automatic machine; S. 30(1)(b) amended by No. 20/2016 s. 111. (b) allow permit or suffer any such automatic machine for the sale or supply of any poison or controlled substance to be installed on the person's premises; S. 30(1)(c) amended by No. 20/2016 s. 111. (c) place or allow permit or suffer to be placed any poison or controlled substance in any automatic machine on the person's premises or under the person's control; or (d) allow permit or suffer any person to purchase or be supplied with or otherwise obtain any poison or controlled substance by means of any automatic machine on the premises or under the control of the first-mentioned person. S. 30(1A) inserted by No. 41/2024 s. 14(2). (1A) Nothing in subsection (1) prohibits a person from— (a) installing, or allowing the installation of, an automatic machine for the sale or supply of a poison specified in subsection (1B) for the treatment of opioid overdose; or (b) selling or supplying, by means of an automatic machine, a poison specified in subsection (1B) for the treatment of opioid overdose; or (c) placing a poison specified in subsection (1B), or allowing the placement of such a poison, in an automatic machine by means of which that poison is to be sold or supplied for the treatment of opioid overdose; or (d) allowing a person to purchase, be supplied with or otherwise obtain a poison specified in subsection (1B) by means of an automatic machine described in paragraph (a). S. 30(1B) inserted by No. 41/2024 s. 14(2). (1B) The poisons that are specified for the purposes of subsection (1A) are— (a) Schedule 2 poisons; and (b) naloxone; and (c) other Schedule 3 poisons. S. 30(2) amended by No. 10002 s. 14(b)(i)–(iii). (2) Any person who commits any contravention of or fails to comply with any provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offence against this Act and shall for every such offence be liable to a penalty of not more than 10 penalty units or to imprisonment for a term of not more than six months, and to a further penalty of not less than 1 penalty unit and not more than 2½ penalty units for each day on which any offence under this section is continued after conviction by any court. S. 30(3) amended by No. 25/2023 s. 7(Sch. 1 item 10.2). (3) Any automatic machine in respect of which any person is convicted of any offence against the provisions of this section may in the discretion of the court before which proceedings are taken for such offence be forfeited to His Majesty. Pt 2 Div. 9 (Heading and s. 31) amended by Nos 10262 s. 4, 46/1998 s. 7(Sch. 1), repealed by No. 9/1998 s. 6, new Pt 2 Div. 9 (Heading and ss 30A–30J) inserted by No. 50/2017 s. 5. Division 9—Monitored poisons database S. 30A inserted by No. 50/2017 s. 5.