Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2008
24Meaning of possess, sell and supply—Act
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24 Meaning of possess, sell and supply—Act possess, for a regulated substance, includes the following: (a) receive or obtain possession of the substance; (b) have control over the disposition of the substance (whether with or without custody of the substance); (c) have joint possession of the substance. sell includes the following: (a) offer or expose for sale;
(b) dispose of by any method for value (or offer or expose for disposal by any method for value); (c) possess for sale or disposal for value. supply— (a) includes the following: (i) sell (or offer or expose for sale); (ii) dispense; Note Dispense means supply on prescription (see dict). (iii) supply under a requisition or standing order; (iv) dispose of by any method for free (other than by discarding); but (b) does not include administer.
Chapter 4 Offences relating to regulated Part 4.1 Dealings with regulated substances—offences 25 Meaning of declared substance—pt 4.1 declared substance means— (a) a medicine; or (b) a dangerous poison; or (c) a prohibited substance; or (d) a schedule 10 substance; or (e) a low harm poison, or moderate harm poison, prescribed by 26 Supplying declared substances (a) the person supplies a declared substance to someone else; and (b) the person is not authorised to supply the substance to the other Note Supply includes sell or offer to sell (see s 24).
(a) the person supplies a declared substance to themself; and (b) the person is not authorised to supply the substance to themself.