302Transitional authority for health practitioners approved to

302 Transitional authority for health practitioners approved to supply Schedule 4 or 8 substance before commencement (1) This section applies to an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner, a nurse or a midwife who was declared by Gazette notice under section 250, as in force immediately before the commencement, to be approved to supply a Schedule 4 or 8 substance stated in the notice in accordance with the former SSTP stated in the notice (an approved practitioner). (2) Subject to subsection (3), an approved practitioner may, in the course of practising in the approved practitioner's health profession, supply the substance to another person after the commencement if the former SSTP stated in the notice for the approved practitioner continues to remain in force under section 300 at the time of the supply of the substance. (3) The approved practitioner must supply the substance in accordance with: (a) the former SSTP; and (b) any conditions or limitations that were specified in the notice for the approved practitioner. (4) An approved practitioner who is authorised to supply a Schedule 4 or 8 substance under subsection (2) may, in the course of

Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2012 161 practising in the approved practitioner's health profession, possess the substance for that purpose after the commencement.