18Offences

### 18 Offences > *\[Section 18 Subsection (1) amended by No. 43 of 1991, s. 5 and Sched. 1 \]**\[Section 18 Subsection (2) amended by No. 43 of 1991, s. 5 and Sched. 1 \]* > > > (1)  [*\[Section 18 Subsection (1) amended by No. 40 of 2016, s. 9, Applied:17 Oct 2016\]*](/view/html/inforce/2016-10-17/act-2016-040#GS9@Hpa@EN) *\[Section 18 Subsection (1) amended by No. 27 of 1984, s. 48 and Sched. 1 \]*A person– > > > > > > (a) who– > > > > > > > > > > (i) carries on the business of making or refining a scheduled substance for sale while not the holder of a licence under [paragraph (a)](#GS16@Gs1@Hpa@EN) of [subsection (1)](#GS16@Gs1@EN) of [section 16](#GS16@EN) ; or > > > > > > > > > > > (ii) carries on the business of buying or selling a scheduled substance in the course of a wholesale dealing while not the holder of a licence under [paragraph (b)](#GS16@Gs1@Hpb@EN) of that subsection; > > > > > > > (b) [*\[Section 18 Subsection (1) amended by No. 23 of 2022, s. 23, Applied:24 Oct 2022\]*](/view/html/inforce/2022-10-24/act-2022-023#GS23@Hpa@EN) who, being the holder of a licence under [section 16](#GS16@EN) [(1)](#GS16@Gs1@EN) [(a)](#GS16@Gs1@Hpa@EN) , makes or refines any class of scheduled substances other than those that he is authorised by his licence to make or refine; > > > > > > > (c) [*\[Section 18 Subsection (1) amended by No. 23 of 2022, s. 23, Applied:24 Oct 2022\]*](/view/html/inforce/2022-10-24/act-2022-023#GS23@Hpb@EN) who, being the holder of a licence under [section 16](#GS16@EN) [(1)](#GS16@Gs1@EN) [(b)](#GS16@Gs1@Hpb@EN) , buys or sells any class of scheduled substances other than those that he is authorised by his licence to buy and sell; > > > > > > > (d) [*\[Section 18 Subsection (1) amended by No. 23 of 2022, s. 23, Applied:24 Oct 2022\]*](/view/html/inforce/2022-10-24/act-2022-023#GS23@Hpc@EN) who, being the holder of a licence under [section 16](#GS16@EN) [(1)](#GS16@Gs1@EN) [(b)](#GS16@Gs1@Hpb@EN) , sells a scheduled substance to a person who is not authorised under this Act to have in his possession, or to sell or supply, that particular substance; or > > > > > > > (e) who carries on any business referred to in [paragraph (a)](#GS18@Gs1@Hpa@EN) at a place of business not stated in a current licence granted to him under [section 16](#GS16@EN) – > > > > is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 100 penalty units and, in the case of a body corporate, a fine not exceeding 500 penalty units. > > > (2)  [*\[Section 18 Subsection (2) amended by No. 40 of 2016, s. 9, Applied:17 Oct 2016\]*](/view/html/inforce/2016-10-17/act-2016-040#GS9@Hpb@EN) *\[Section 18 Subsection (2) amended by No. 27 of 1984, s. 48 and Sched. 1 \]*A person who– > > > > > > (a) not being the holder of a licence under [section 16](#GS16@EN) [(1)](#GS16@Gs1@EN) [(a)](#GS16@Gs1@Hpa@EN) , calls himself, or causes or allows himself to be called or known as, a manufacturing chemist; or > > > > > > > (b) not being the holder of a licence under [section 16](#GS16@EN) [(1)](#GS16@Gs1@EN) [(b)](#GS16@Gs1@Hpb@EN) , calls himself, or causes or allows himself to be called or known as, a wholesale chemist– > > > > is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 100 penalty units and, in the case of a body corporate, a fine not exceeding 500 penalty units. > > > (2A)  [*\[Section 18 Subsection (2A) inserted by No. 40 of 2016, s. 9, Applied:17 Oct 2016\]*](/view/html/inforce/2016-10-17/act-2016-040#GS9@Hpc@EN) The holder of a licence granted under [section 16](#GS16@EN) must not breach a condition or restriction of that licence. > > > > Penalty:  In the case of – > > > > > > (a) a body corporate, a fine not exceeding 500 penalty units; or > > > > > > > (b) an individual, a fine not exceeding 100 penalty units. > > > (3)  [*\[Section 18 Subsection (3) amended by No. 15 of 2017, s. 8, Applied:13 Jun 2017\]*](/view/html/inforce/2017-06-13/act-2017-015#GS8@Hpa@EN) Subject to [subsection (4)](#GS18@Gs4@EN) , nothing in the foregoing provisions of this section prohibits the making, refining, buying, or selling of scheduled substances by a person who is– > > > > > > (a) [*\[Section 18 Subsection (3) amended by No. 15 of 2017, s. 8, Applied:13 Jun 2017\]*](/view/html/inforce/2017-06-13/act-2017-015#GS8@Hpb@EN) a medical practitioner; > > > > > > > (b) [*\[Section 18 Subsection (3) amended by No. 15 of 2017, s. 8, Applied:13 Jun 2017\]*](/view/html/inforce/2017-06-13/act-2017-015#GS8@Hpc@EN) [*\[Section 18 Subsection (3) amended by No. 23 of 2022, s. 23, Applied:24 Oct 2022\]*](/view/html/inforce/2022-10-24/act-2022-023#GS23@Hpd@EN) a pharmacist; > > > > > > > (c) [*\[Section 18 Subsection (3) amended by No. 15 of 2017, s. 8, Applied:13 Jun 2017\]*](/view/html/inforce/2017-06-13/act-2017-015#GS8@Hpd@EN) a dentist; or > > > > > > > (d) [*\[Section 18 Subsection (3) amended by No. 15 of 2017, s. 8, Applied:13 Jun 2017\]*](/view/html/inforce/2017-06-13/act-2017-015#GS8@Hpe@EN) a veterinary surgeon; or > > > > > > > (e) [*\[Section 18 Subsection (3) amended by No. 15 of 2017, s. 8, Applied:13 Jun 2017\]*](/view/html/inforce/2017-06-13/act-2017-015#GS8@Hpe@EN) an authorised health professional. > > > (4)  [*\[Section 18 Subsection (4) amended by No. 23 of 2022, s. 23, Applied:24 Oct 2022\]*](/view/html/inforce/2022-10-24/act-2022-023#GS23@Hpe@EN) [Subsection (3)](#GS18@Gs3@EN) does not authorise the making, refining, buying, or selling, by a person to whom that subsection relates, of a narcotic substance otherwise than– > > > > > > (a) as permitted by [Part V](#HPV@EN) and the regulations thereunder; and > > > > > > > (b) in compliance in all respects with the provisions of that Part and of those regulations.