Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Regulation 2026
21Obtaining wholesale supply by various persons and bodies
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21 Obtaining wholesale supply by various persons and bodies
21 Obtaining wholesale supply by various persons and bodies
For the Act, Part 2.3, obtaining wholesale supply of a scheduled substance specified in Column 1 of the table to this section by a person specified opposite in Column 2 is authorised if the person—
(a) obtains the substance for the purpose specified in Column 3, if any, and
(b) the person complies with conditions imposed on the person, or the class of persons, by the Health Secretary.
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | | Scheduled substance | Person | Purpose | | Schedule 2, 3 or 4 substance | Commissioner of Police | Emergency medical treatment of divers employed or engaged by the NSW Police Force | | Schedule 2 or 3 substance, methoxyflurane, nitrous oxide | Member of Mines Rescue Brigade or mines rescue company under the Coal Industry Act 2001 | First aid | | Schedule 2, 3, 4 or 8 substance | Superintendent managing a veterinary hospital under the Veterinary Practice Act 2003, section 67(a) | The treatment of animals | | Schedule 2, 3, 4 or 8 substance | Operator of National Medical Stockpile | — | | Schedule 2 or 7J substance | Holder of a retail licence for the Schedule 2 or 7J substance | Retail supply | | Adrenaline, glucagon, glyceryl trinitrate, methoxyflurane, naloxone, nitrous oxide, salbutamol, terbutaline | Principal of a government or non-government school under the Education Act 1990 | First aid | | Prohibited scheduled substance, prohibited drug or prohibited plant | Holder of a DMT authority for the prohibited scheduled substance, prohibited drug or prohibited plant | A relevant purpose | | Pentobarbital | A local councilAn animal welfare organisation | Destruction of an animal | | Prohibited scheduled substance, prohibited drug or prohibited plant | NSW Health Pathology | A relevant purpose | | Methoxyflurane and nitrous oxide | Surf Life Saving NSW | First aid |