Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2008
69Vending machines—use for supply of unscheduled
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69 Vending machines—use for supply of unscheduled medicines manufacturer’s pack, of an unscheduled medicine, means a primary pack of the medicine that has been packaged and labelled by the medicine’s manufacturer as prescribed by regulation. unscheduled medicine means a substance mentioned in the medicines and poisons standard, schedules 2, 3, 4 or 8 if none of the schedules apply to the substance because of an exception in the standard. Aspirin is mentioned in several schedules but in small packages is an unscheduled medicine. (a) the person is the occupier of premises; and (b) a vending machine is installed on the premises; and (c) the vending machine is used, or available for use, for the supply of an unscheduled medicine. (3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the vending machine was placed on the premises without the occupier’s consent. (4) Also, subsection (2) does not apply if— (a) the unscheduled medicine is supplied in a manufacturer’s pack containing not more than 2 adult doses of the medicine; and (b) the medicine was packed in the manufacturer’s pack by the manufacturer of the medicine; and
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