57Wholesaler licences and obtain licences

57 Wholesaler licences and obtain licences

57 Wholesaler licences and obtain licences

(1) The Health Secretary may, on application or the Health Secretary’s own initiative, grant a licence (a wholesaler licence) that authorises a person to wholesale supply specified scheduled substances or other prescribed therapeutic goods.

(2) The Health Secretary may, on application or the Health Secretary’s own initiative, grant a licence (an obtain licence) that authorises a person as follows—

(a) to obtain wholesale supply of specified scheduled substances or other prescribed therapeutic goods for use by one or more of the following—

(i) a provider under the Opioid Treatment Program,

(ii) a corporation that provides paramedical services,

(iii) a person providing ambulance transport with the consent of the Health Secretary under the Health Services Act 1997, section 67E,

(iiia) a person providing ambulance transport who is exempt from the requirement to obtain the consent of the Health Secretary under the Health Services Act 1977, section 67E,

(iv) a person engaged in the administration of a vaccination program for humans,

(v) a person on behalf of a university,

(vi) a person on behalf of a prescribed research institution, other than a university,

(vii) a person on behalf of an analytical or research and development laboratory,

(b) to obtain a prescribed Schedule 7 substance,

(c) to obtain a prescribed Schedule 10 substance that is not a prohibited drug,

(d) to obtain prescribed therapeutic goods for a prescribed purpose.

(3) In this Part—

licence means a wholesaler licence or an obtain licence.

s 57: Am 2025 No 48, Sch 1.8[1].