860Supply etc of certain declared substances by public

860 Supply etc of certain declared substances by public employee exercising functions under Act—Act, s 26 (1) (b) etc (1) This section applies to a public employee who is exercising a function under the Act. Note Function includes authority, duty and power (see Legislation Act, dict, (2) To the extent necessary to exercise the function and within the scope of employment, the public employee is authorised to do any of the (a) obtain a regulated substance; (b) possess a regulated substance; (c) supply a regulated substance or regulated therapeutic good to a person for discarding if the person is authorised to obtain the substance or good; Example—person authorised to obtain a person who holds an environmental authorisation for the disposal of the substance (see, eg s 693) (d) supply a regulated substance or regulated therapeutic good, for law enforcement purposes, to— (i) someone else who is authorised to obtain the substance or good; or (ii) a law enforcement officer. Note Public employee—see the Legislation Act, dictionary, pt 1. law enforcement officer—see the Criminal Code, section 700.