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Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966
18DRegulation of substances and goods to which Division applies
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#### 18D Regulation of substances and goods to which Division applies
18D Regulation of substances and goods to which Division applies
> > (1) The regulations may prescribe requirements in respect of the possession, manufacture, supply, use, prescription, administration, storage and disposal of any substance or goods to which this Division applies.
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> > (2) A person who contravenes a requirement prescribed for the purposes of this section and identified in the regulations as a category 1 requirement or a category 2 requirement is guilty of an offence.
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> > Maximum penalty—
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> > > (a) in the case of a requirement identified in the regulations as a category 1 requirement—1,000 penalty units in the case of a body corporate or 200 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months (or both) in the case of an individual, or
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> > > (b) in the case of a requirement identified in the regulations as a category 2 requirement—250 penalty units in the case of a body corporate or 50 penalty units in any other case.
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> **pt 3, div 1A (ss 18B–18D):** Ins 2018 No 22, Sch 3.