Medicines and Poisons (Poisons and Prohibited Substances) Regulation 2021
sec.79Unlawful advertising of hazardous poisons
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sec.79 Unlawful advertising of hazardous poisons
A person must not advertise, or cause a person to advertise, a hazardous poison. Maximum penalty—80 penalty units. However, subsection (1) does not apply in relation to an advertisement of a hazardous poison in a journal, a price list or other promotional material intended for circulation only to— persons applying the poison in a workplace; or persons authorised under the Act , or permitted under a corresponding law or another law, to supply the poison. In this section— workplace means a place that is subject to a work health and safety law within the meaning of section 60 of the Act . (sec.79-ssec.1) A person must not advertise, or cause a person to advertise, a hazardous poison. Maximum penalty—80 penalty units. (sec.79-ssec.2) However, subsection (1) does not apply in relation to an advertisement of a hazardous poison in a journal, a price list or other promotional material intended for circulation only to— persons applying the poison in a workplace; or persons authorised under the Act , or permitted under a corresponding law or another law, to supply the poison. (sec.79-ssec.3) In this section— workplace means a place that is subject to a work health and safety law within the meaning of section 60 of the Act .
- (a) persons applying the poison in a workplace; or
- (b) persons authorised under the Act , or permitted under a corresponding law or another law, to supply the poison.