Medicines and Poisons Act 2019
sec.39Unlawfully buying diversion-risk medicines
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sec.39 Unlawfully buying diversion-risk medicines
A person must not use a document the person has unlawfully prepared, or knows has been unlawfully prepared, for buying a diversion-risk medicine. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. A person must not, for buying a diversion-risk medicine, give someone who is authorised to prescribe or supply the medicine— a statement the person knows is false or misleading in any way; or a statement that omits anything without which it is false or misleading. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. (sec.39-ssec.1) A person must not use a document the person has unlawfully prepared, or knows has been unlawfully prepared, for buying a diversion-risk medicine. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. (sec.39-ssec.2) A person must not, for buying a diversion-risk medicine, give someone who is authorised to prescribe or supply the medicine— a statement the person knows is false or misleading in any way; or a statement that omits anything without which it is false or misleading. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
- (a) a statement the person knows is false or misleading in any way; or
- (b) a statement that omits anything without which it is false or misleading.