Pharmacy Business Ownership Act 2024
sec.20Licensed pharmacy business must be carried on at or from licensed premises
Start here
Get a plain-English read of sec.20
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Pharmacy Business Ownership Act 2024.
sec.20 Licensed pharmacy business must be carried on at or from licensed premises
A person must carry on a licensed pharmacy business only at or from the licensed premises for the business. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units. If a corporation commits an offence against this provision, an executive officer of the corporation may be taken, under section 203 , to have also committed the offence. For subsection (1) , a person carries on a licensed pharmacy business at or from the licensed premises if the pharmacy services the business provides are provided— entirely at the licensed premises; or mainly at the licensed premises and also partly at another place, as long as the pharmacy services provided at the other place— do not involve the compounding or dispensing of a medicine, or the selling of a medicine other than on prescription, at the place; and are provided under the direction or control of— the person; or an authorised pharmacist for the business. administering vaccinations in a way, and at a place, authorised under the Medicines and Poisons Act 2019 conducting a medication review at an aged-care facility providing health-related information at a community event s 20 amd 2025 No. 21 s 6 (sec.20-ssec.1) A person must carry on a licensed pharmacy business only at or from the licensed premises for the business. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units. If a corporation commits an offence against this provision, an executive officer of the corporation may be taken, under section 203 , to have also committed the offence. (sec.20-ssec.2) For subsection (1) , a person carries on a licensed pharmacy business at or from the licensed premises if the pharmacy services the business provides are provided— entirely at the licensed premises; or mainly at the licensed premises and also partly at another place, as long as the pharmacy services provided at the other place— do not involve the compounding or dispensing of a medicine, or the selling of a medicine other than on prescription, at the place; and are provided under the direction or control of— the person; or an authorised pharmacist for the business. administering vaccinations in a way, and at a place, authorised under the Medicines and Poisons Act 2019 conducting a medication review at an aged-care facility providing health-related information at a community event
- (a) entirely at the licensed premises; or
- (b) mainly at the licensed premises and also partly at another place, as long as the pharmacy services provided at the other place— (i) do not involve the compounding or dispensing of a medicine, or the selling of a medicine other than on prescription, at the place; and (ii) are provided under the direction or control of— (A) the person; or (B) an authorised pharmacist for the business. Examples of pharmacy services provided at other places— • administering vaccinations in a way, and at a place, authorised under the Medicines and Poisons Act 2019 • conducting a medication review at an aged-care facility • providing health-related information at a community event