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Poisons Act 1971
81Medicines, &c., for internal use not to be sold in certain containers
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### 81 Medicines, &c., for internal use not to be sold in certain containers
> *\[Section 81 Subsection (1) amended by No. 43 of 1991, s. 5 and Sched. 1 \]*
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> > (1) *\[Section 81 Subsection (1) amended by No. 27 of 1984, s. 48 and Sched. 1 \]*A person shall not sell a drug or medicine that is for internal use, or any food, drink, or condiment, in a container or package –
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> > > > (a) of like description to that prescribed in the regulations for a container or package in which a substance that is or contains a scheduled substance (being a substance intended for external use) may be sold; or
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> > > > (b) of such a description as not to be readily distinguishable by sight and touch, or by either sight or touch, from a container or package in which such a substance intended for external use may be sold.
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> > Penalty: Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.
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> > (2) Nothing in this section affects any other requirement of this Act relating to the containers or packages in which drugs or medicines that are or that contain scheduled substances may be sold.