Medicines and Poisons (Medicines) Regulation 2021
sec.199Preventing unauthorised access to medicines
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sec.199 Preventing unauthorised access to medicines
A medicine store establisher for a place must put each medicine store for the place in an area where the establisher reasonably believes a member of the public could not access the store without being seen by a worker at the place. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. If pseudoephedrine or therapeutic nicotine are possessed at the place, the medicine store must also be kept in an area that is out of sight from members of the public. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. s 199 amd 2024 SL No. 230 s 4 (sec.199-ssec.1) A medicine store establisher for a place must put each medicine store for the place in an area where the establisher reasonably believes a member of the public could not access the store without being seen by a worker at the place. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. (sec.199-ssec.2) If pseudoephedrine or therapeutic nicotine are possessed at the place, the medicine store must also be kept in an area that is out of sight from members of the public. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.