87AApplication of Act to interstate prescribers

87A Application of Act to interstate prescribers

[Section 87A Inserted by No. 26 of 2025, s. 13, Applied:16 Feb 2026]

(1)  This Act applies to interstate prescribers in relation to the writing and issuing of prescriptions for narcotic substances and restricted substances in so far as those prescriptions –

(a) relate to the supply of such substances in Tasmania; or

(b) are issued by the interstate prescriber to residents of Tasmania.

(2)  It is the intention of Parliament that this Act should, so far as possible, operate in relation to –

(a) the writing and issuing of prescriptions for narcotic substances and restricted substances by persons situated in or outside the territorial limits of this jurisdiction; and

(b) the sale and supply of narcotic substances and restricted substances in Tasmania on prescriptions that have been written or issued in or outside the territorial limits of this jurisdiction.