Medicines and Poisons (Medicines) Regulation 2021
sec.234Unlawful advertising of medicines
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sec.234 Unlawful advertising of medicines
A person must not advertise, or cause a person to advertise, an S3, S4 or S8 medicine. Maximum penalty—80 penalty units. However, subsection (1) does not apply in relation to— an advertisement of an S3, S4 or S8 medicine— in a journal, a price list or other promotional material that relates only to the therapeutic use of the medicine in the practise of a profession; or in accordance with the Therapeutic Goods Advertising Code under the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 (Cwlth) ; or an advertisement of an S3 medicine listed in the Poisons Standard, Appendix H. s 234 amd 2025 SL No. 148 s 7 (sec.234-ssec.1) A person must not advertise, or cause a person to advertise, an S3, S4 or S8 medicine. Maximum penalty—80 penalty units. (sec.234-ssec.2) However, subsection (1) does not apply in relation to— an advertisement of an S3, S4 or S8 medicine— in a journal, a price list or other promotional material that relates only to the therapeutic use of the medicine in the practise of a profession; or in accordance with the Therapeutic Goods Advertising Code under the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 (Cwlth) ; or an advertisement of an S3 medicine listed in the Poisons Standard, Appendix H.
- (a) an advertisement of an S3, S4 or S8 medicine— (i) in a journal, a price list or other promotional material that relates only to the therapeutic use of the medicine in the practise of a profession; or (ii) in accordance with the Therapeutic Goods Advertising Code under the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 (Cwlth) ; or
- (i) in a journal, a price list or other promotional material that relates only to the therapeutic use of the medicine in the practise of a profession; or
- (ii) in accordance with the Therapeutic Goods Advertising Code under the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 (Cwlth) ; or
- (b) an advertisement of an S3 medicine listed in the Poisons Standard, Appendix H.
- (i) in a journal, a price list or other promotional material that relates only to the therapeutic use of the medicine in the practise of a profession; or
- (ii) in accordance with the Therapeutic Goods Advertising Code under the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 (Cwlth) ; or