sec.42Offence to dispose of waste from diversion-risk medicines

sec.42 Offence to dispose of waste from diversion-risk medicines

A person must not dispose of waste from a diversion-risk medicine unless the person— disposes of the waste in the authorised way; or has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units. Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who— discards the waste by placing it under the control of a person authorised to dispose of the waste under this Act; or a person who returns the waste to a pharmacist for disposal in a ‘return unwanted medicines’ bin discards or destroys the waste under another law. the holder of an environmental authority under the Environmental Protection Act 1994 who destroys the waste in accordance with the authority s 42 sub 2021 No. 12 s 230 (sec.42-ssec.1) A person must not dispose of waste from a diversion-risk medicine unless the person— disposes of the waste in the authorised way; or has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units. (sec.42-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who— discards the waste by placing it under the control of a person authorised to dispose of the waste under this Act; or a person who returns the waste to a pharmacist for disposal in a ‘return unwanted medicines’ bin discards or destroys the waste under another law. the holder of an environmental authority under the Environmental Protection Act 1994 who destroys the waste in accordance with the authority

• (a) disposes of the waste in the authorised way; or
• (b) has a reasonable excuse.
• (a) discards the waste by placing it under the control of a person authorised to dispose of the waste under this Act; or Example for paragraph (a) — a person who returns the waste to a pharmacist for disposal in a ‘return unwanted medicines’ bin
• (b) discards or destroys the waste under another law. Example for paragraph (b) — the holder of an environmental authority under the Environmental Protection Act 1994 who destroys the waste in accordance with the authority