sec.51Agents and carers supplying or administering medicines

sec.51 Agents and carers supplying or administering medicines

A person does not commit an offence against this Act if the person— supplies a medicine by giving it to someone else (a patient ) if the medicine has been lawfully supplied for the therapeutic treatment of the patient; or for lawfully helping a patient, administers a medicine in accordance with the approved label of the medicine; or administers a medicine to an animal in accordance with the approved label of the medicine. a patient’s family member who supplies a medicine to the patient in accordance with the medicine’s dispensing label or packaging a child’s parent who administers a medicine to the child in accordance with the medicine’s dispensing label or packaging a dog’s owner who administers a medicine to the dog in accordance with the medicine’s approved label Under section 34 (2) and (3) , persons in similar circumstances are also excluded from offences for buying or possessing S4 or S8 medicines. However, subsection (1) does not apply to a person to the extent the person is authorised under this Act to supply or administer the medicine. an approved person administering a medicine in the authorised way a person to whom an emergency order applies Also, subsection (1) does not apply to a person prescribed by regulation to be a person to whom the subsection does not apply. s 51 amd 2021 No. 12 s 235 (sec.51-ssec.1) A person does not commit an offence against this Act if the person— supplies a medicine by giving it to someone else (a patient ) if the medicine has been lawfully supplied for the therapeutic treatment of the patient; or for lawfully helping a patient, administers a medicine in accordance with the approved label of the medicine; or administers a medicine to an animal in accordance with the approved label of the medicine. a patient’s family member who supplies a medicine to the patient in accordance with the medicine’s dispensing label or packaging a child’s parent who administers a medicine to the child in accordance with the medicine’s dispensing label or packaging a dog’s owner who administers a medicine to the dog in accordance with the medicine’s approved label Under section 34 (2) and (3) , persons in similar circumstances are also excluded from offences for buying or possessing S4 or S8 medicines. (sec.51-ssec.2) However, subsection (1) does not apply to a person to the extent the person is authorised under this Act to supply or administer the medicine. an approved person administering a medicine in the authorised way a person to whom an emergency order applies (sec.51-ssec.3) Also, subsection (1) does not apply to a person prescribed by regulation to be a person to whom the subsection does not apply.

• (a) supplies a medicine by giving it to someone else (a patient ) if the medicine has been lawfully supplied for the therapeutic treatment of the patient; or