Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Regulations 2017
151Transfer of poisons to inappropriate containers prohibited
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151 Transfer of poisons to inappropriate containers prohibited
(1) Except in the course of actual use of a poison or controlled substance, a person must not remove that poison or controlled substance from the container in which it was dispensed, sold or supplied to put that poison or controlled substance—
(a) into an unlabelled receptacle or container; or
(b) into a receptacle or container which does not accurately identify that poison or controlled substance.
Reg. 151(2) inserted by S.R. No. 126/2024 reg. 16.
(2) This regulation does not apply in relation to a drug-checking substance.
Reg. 152 (Heading) amended by S.R. Nos 126/2024 reg. 17(1), 124/2025 reg. 53(1).