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Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966
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#### 35 Secretary can obtain information about certain substances and goods
35 Secretary can obtain information about certain substances and goods
> > (1) The Secretary may, by notice served on a person who manufactures in, imports into or supplies in New South Wales any regulated goods, require the person to give to the Secretary, or to such other person as may be identified in the notice, such information about the substance or goods as is specified in the notice. Such a notice may specify a period of not less than 14 days within which the requirement of the notice is to be complied with.
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> > (2) A notice under this section may be served on a person even though the person has previously given information about the substance or goods specified in the notice.
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> > (3) A person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a notice given to the person under this section is guilty of an offence.
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> > Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
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> > (4) A person who, in purporting to comply with a notice under this section, gives information that the person knows, or ought reasonably to know, is false or misleading in a material respect is guilty of an offence.
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> > Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
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> > (5) In this section, regulated goods includes any substance that might warrant inclusion in the Poisons List.
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> **s 35:** Am 1977 No 5, Sch 2; 1981 No 88, Sch 2 (17); 1987 No 246, Sch 5 (5). Subst 1996 No 2, Sch 1 \[25\].