Medicines and Poisons Act 2019
sec.35Offence to supply medicines or hazardous poisons
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sec.35 Offence to supply medicines or hazardous poisons
A person (the supplier ) must not supply a medicine or hazardous poison to someone else (the recipient ) unless the supplier— lawfully possesses the medicine or poison and supplies the medicine or poison in the authorised way; or has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—500 penalty units. For subsection (1) , the following matters are immaterial— the quantity of the medicine or poison supplied; whether or not the supplier and the recipient are in the same place when the medicine or poison is supplied; whether or not the medicine or poison is supplied by indirect means. (sec.35-ssec.1) A person (the supplier ) must not supply a medicine or hazardous poison to someone else (the recipient ) unless the supplier— lawfully possesses the medicine or poison and supplies the medicine or poison in the authorised way; or has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—500 penalty units. (sec.35-ssec.2) For subsection (1) , the following matters are immaterial— the quantity of the medicine or poison supplied; whether or not the supplier and the recipient are in the same place when the medicine or poison is supplied; whether or not the medicine or poison is supplied by indirect means.
- (a) lawfully possesses the medicine or poison and supplies the medicine or poison in the authorised way; or
- (b) has a reasonable excuse.
- (a) the quantity of the medicine or poison supplied;
- (b) whether or not the supplier and the recipient are in the same place when the medicine or poison is supplied;
- (c) whether or not the medicine or poison is supplied by indirect means.