Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Regulation 2008
421Authorisations for corrections officers—Act, s 26 (1) (b),
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421 Authorisations for corrections officers—Act, s 26 (1) (b), s 35 (1) (b), (2) (b), s 36 (b) and s 37 (1) (b) A corrections officer is authorised, within the scope of the officer’s employment, to do any of the following in relation to a medicine supplied for a detainee by a person who is authorised to supply the medicine: (a) obtain the medicine;
Part 9.3 Medicines authorisations for corrections functions (b) possess the medicine (including possess the medicine outside a correctional centre for the purpose of administering the medicine to a detainee while the detainee is lawfully outside the centre); (c) administer the medicine to the detainee; (d) supply the medicine to a person who is authorised to obtain the medicine for the detainee. Note 1 See the example and notes to s 420. Note 2 Detainee—see the Corrections Management Act 2007, s 6.