40Restriction on retail licences for Schedule 2 substances

40 Restriction on retail licences for Schedule 2 substances

40 Restriction on retail licences for Schedule 2 substances

(1) The Health Secretary must not grant or renew a retail licence for a Schedule 2 substance unless the Health Secretary is satisfied that the premises to which the proposed retail licence relates are at least 20km from the nearest pharmacy, measured along the shortest practicable route.

(2) The reference to 20km in subsection (1) must be read as a reference to 6.5km for the renewal of a retail licence that was—

(a) in force under the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Regulation 2008, Part 8, Division 1 immediately before the commencement of this section, and

(b) originally granted before 7 April 1989.