Part 1Preliminary

Part 1—Preliminary 1 Purposes The main purposes of this Act are— (a) to provide for the regulation of pharmacy businesses, pharmacy departments and pharmacy depots; and (b) to establish the Victorian Pharmacy Authority. 2 Commencement (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act comes into operation on a day or days to be proclaimed. (2) If a provision of this Act does not come into operation before 1 July 2011 it comes into operation on that day. 3 Definitions (1) In this Act— S. 3(1) def. of *Australian lawyer* repealed by No. 17/2014 s. 160(Sch. 2 item 70). * * * * * ***authorised person*** means a person authorised under section 65 to carry out functions and exercise powers under Part 4; ***Authority*** means the Victorian Pharmacy Authority established under this Act; ***Authority standard*** means a standard published by the Authority under section 86; ***commencement day*** means the date of commencement of Part 3; ***condition*** includes limitation or restriction; ***Fund*** means the Victorian Pharmacy Authority Fund established under this Act; ***licence*** means a licence granted or taken to be granted under Part 3 by the Authority to an eligible person to carry on a pharmacy business or pharmacy department; ***licensee*** means a person who holds a licence to carry on a pharmacy business or pharmacy department; S. 3(1) def. of *medicine* inserted by No. 20/2016 s. 149, repealed by No. 34/2019 s. 51(a). * * * * * ***operator*** means a person who is responsible for the operation and security of the premises of a pharmacy depot; ***pharmacy*** means premises in or from which a registered pharmacist supplies, compounds or dispenses medicines to the public and includes the part of the premises where the registered pharmacist sells or offers to sell goods of any kind, but does not include a pharmacy department or pharmacy depot; ***Pharmacy Board of Australia*** means the Pharmacy Board of Australia established by the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law; ***pharmacy business*** means a business carried on at a pharmacy and includes the business of providing pharmacy services and that part of the business where goods of any kind are sold or offered to be sold but does not include a pharmacy department or pharmacy depot; ***pharmacy department*** means the part of the premises of a registered funded agency, registered community health centre, private hospital or privately operated hospital within the meaning of the **Health Services Act 1988** set aside for supplying, compounding or dispensing medicines on order or prescription to patients and staff of the agency, registered community health centre or hospital; ***pharmacy*** ***depot*** means premises at which— (a) written prescriptions for the supply, compounding or dispensing of medicines may be left for a pharmacist; (b) medicines supplied, compounded or dispensed by a registered pharmacist may be left for collection by or on behalf of the person to whom they are addressed; ***pharmacy services*** includes— (a) the supply, compounding or dispensing of medicines; and (b) advice and counselling on the effective and safe use of medicines; S. 3(1) def. of *prescription* inserted by No. 20/2016 s. 149, substituted by Nos 61/2017 s. 141, 34/2019 s. 51(b). ***prescription*** includes a voluntary assisted dying permit within the meaning of the **Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017**; ***proprietary interest*** means a legal or beneficial interest and includes a proprietary interest as a sole proprietor, as a partner, as a director, member or shareholder of a company and as the trustee or beneficiary of a trust; ***registered pharmacist*** means a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law to practise in the pharmacy profession (other than as a student); ***registrar*** means a person responsible for maintaining the register to be kept by the Authority; ***registration*** means a registration granted or taken to be granted under Part 3 to a licensee to register the premises of a pharmacy business, pharmacy department or pharmacy depot; ***Secretary*** means the Department Head of the Department of Health within the meaning of the **Public Administration Act 2004** and includes a person acting as the Secretary to the Department of Health under that Act. (2) For the purposes of this Act, a person is to be treated as carrying on a business (including a pharmacy business) or pharmacy department or pharmacy depot if the person owns, manages, controls, conducts or operates the business or the pharmacy department or pharmacy depot.