Medicines and Poisons Act 2019
sec.209Evidence of regulated substance
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sec.209 Evidence of regulated substance
This section applies in relation to a legal proceeding in which it is necessary to prove that a particular substance is a regulated substance. Evidence that a regulated substance is commonly supplied under the same name or description as the particular substance is evidence that the particular substance is the same type of regulated substance. Evidence that the particular substance, or a container for the particular substance, is labelled or marked in the way required under this Act for a type of regulated substance is evidence that the particular substance is the same type of regulated substance. (sec.209-ssec.1) This section applies in relation to a legal proceeding in which it is necessary to prove that a particular substance is a regulated substance. (sec.209-ssec.2) Evidence that a regulated substance is commonly supplied under the same name or description as the particular substance is evidence that the particular substance is the same type of regulated substance. (sec.209-ssec.3) Evidence that the particular substance, or a container for the particular substance, is labelled or marked in the way required under this Act for a type of regulated substance is evidence that the particular substance is the same type of regulated substance.