70AFailure to notify Authority

### 70A Failure to notify Authority > [*\[Section 70A Inserted by No. 47 of 2010, s. 28, Applied:01 Feb 2011\]*](/view/html/inforce/2011-02-01/act-2010-047#GS28@EN) > > > (1)  In this section – > > > > > [*\[Section 70A Subsection (1) amended by No. 22 of 2016, s. 18, Applied:01 Jan 2017\]*](/view/html/inforce/2017-01-01/act-2016-022#GS18@EN) ***relevant event***, in relation to a person, means – > > > > > > > > (a) for an individual – > > > > > > > > > > > > (i) his or her registration as a pharmacist under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Tasmania) is suspended or cancelled or made subject to a condition or another restriction; or > > > > > > > > > > > > > (ii) he or she is charged, whether in this State or elsewhere, with an offence punishable by imprisonment for a term of 12 months or longer; or > > > > > > > > > > > > > (iii) he or she is convicted of, or is the subject of a finding of guilt for, an offence, whether in this State or elsewhere, punishable by imprisonment; and > > > > > > > > > (b) for a body corporate, there is a change to the membership or particulars of the body corporate; and > > > > > > > > > (c) for any person – > > > > > > > > > > > > (i) the person's authority under a law of a State or Territory to obtain, possess, sell or supply a scheduled medicine or a class of scheduled medicines is cancelled or restricted; or > > > > > > > > > > > > > (ii) there is a change of trustees, beneficiaries or, if applicable, unit holders of a trust in which the person has any legal or equitable interest, being a trust that holds an interest in a pharmacy business in this State; > > > > > [*\[Section 70A Subsection (1) amended by No. 22 of 2016, s. 18, Applied:01 Jan 2017\]*](/view/html/inforce/2017-01-01/act-2016-022#GS18@EN) ***scheduled medicine*** means a substance included for the time being in Schedule 2, 3, 4 or 8 to the *Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Medicines and Poisons* (SUSMP) produced by the Australian Committee for Chemicals Scheduling (AACS), being a committee of the regulatory body known as the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), which is a part of the Commonwealth Government Department responsible for the administration of the [Therapeutic Goods Act 1989](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1989-021) ; > > > (2)  A person who holds an eligibility certificate must, within 14 days after becoming aware that a relevant event has occurred in relation to that person, give the Authority written notice of the event. > > > > Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 100 penalty units and, in the case of a continuing offence, a further fine not exceeding 10 penalty units for each day during which the offence continues.