Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Regulation 2026
185Documents and records—the Act, s 55(f)
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185 Documents and records—the Act, s 55(f)
185 Documents and records—the Act, s 55(f)
(1) A person who is required by this regulation to keep a record or register must not make an entry in the record or register that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular.
Maximum penalty—Tier 5 penalty.
(2) A person must not make an alteration, obliteration or cancellation in a record or register the person is required by this regulation to keep, but may correct a mistake in an entry by making a marginal note or footnote and by initialling and dating it.
Maximum penalty—Tier 5 penalty.
(3) A person who is required by this regulation to keep a document or make a record must keep it for a period of at least 2 years, and must make it available for inspection on demand by a police officer or an authorised officer during that period, commencing on the latest date on which—
(a) an entry was made in the document or record, or
(b) a substance was manufactured, received, supplied, administered or used in accordance with, or on the authority of, the document or record.
Maximum penalty—Tier 5 penalty.