114No self-administration of Schedule 8 or restricted Schedule 4

114 No self-administration of Schedule 8 or restricted Schedule 4 (1) A person who is authorised under this Act to supply a Schedule 8 substance or restricted Schedule 4 substance must not self-administer the substance. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the substance has been supplied to the person for self-administration by someone else who is authorised under this Act to do so (an authorised person).

Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2012 68 (3) In addition, it is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) if the defendant proves: (a) the defendant: (i) self-administered the substance for a genuine therapeutic use in an emergency and had no access to an authorised person to administer the substance; and (ii) gives notice of the administration in the approved form to the CHO within 7 days after the administration; or (b) the defendant self-administered the substance under another circumstance prescribed by regulation.