79Possessing Scheduled substances for delivery

79 Possessing Scheduled substances for delivery (1) This section applies to a person (the delivery person) who is: (a) engaged by an authorised supplier to transport and deliver a Scheduled substance to someone who is authorised under this Act to possess the substance (the recipient); or (b) an employee or agent of a person mentioned in paragraph (a). Examples of delivery person for subsection (1) 1 A hospital employee. 2 An employee of a courier service. (2) The delivery person is authorised to: (a) possess the Scheduled substance for transporting and delivering it to the recipient in accordance with the delivery person's engagement by the authorised supplier; and (b) supply the substance to the recipient or recipient's employee or agent. Example of agent for subsection (2)(b) The guardian of a child for a substance supplied for administering to the child on a prescription issued by an authorised prescriber. authorised supplier, for a Scheduled substance, means: (a) a person authorised to supply the substance under: (i) Part 2.3 or a regulation; or

Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2012 47 (ii) an Act of the Commonwealth, a State or another Territory; or (b) the holder of an authority authorised to supply the substance.