3AMeaning of "pharmacy business"

3A Meaning of "pharmacy business"

[Section 3A Inserted by No. 22 of 2016, s. 6, Applied:01 Jan 2017]

(1)  In this section –

dispensing, of narcotic substances or restricted substances, means preparing the narcotic substances or restricted substances for sale or supply to members of the public;

preparing includes packaging, labelling and recording.

(2)  In this section, the following expressions have the same meaning as they have in the Poisons Act 1971  –

(a) medicinal poison;

(b) narcotic substance;

(c) potent substance;

(d) restricted substance.

(3)  For the purposes of this Act, a business is a pharmacy business if it involves any or any combination of the following activities:

(a) the compounding or dispensing, by a pharmacist, of narcotic substances and restricted substances on the prescription or lawful request of a medical practitioner or other health professional;

(b) the sale or supply, by a pharmacist, of potent substances;

(c) the sale or supply, by a pharmacist or by an employee of that pharmacist under his or her supervision, of medicinal poisons that are in the possession, custody or control of that or another pharmacist.

(4)  To avoid doubt, a business that is carried on by a person to whom section 27 of the Poisons Act 1971 applies is not a pharmacy business for this Act.