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Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Regulation 2008
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#### 108 Delivery by carrier
108 Delivery by carrier
> > (1) A carrier is authorised to be in possession of a package containing a drug of addiction, but for the purpose only of delivering it to the person to whom it is addressed.
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> > (2) A dealer (other than an authorised practitioner or pharmacist) who supplies a drug of addiction by post or by carrier must ensure that—
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> > > (a) the drug is contained in a package that has at least one opaque covering, and
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> > > (b) no other goods are contained in the package, and
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> > > (c) the package contains a document—
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> > > > (i) listing the contents of the package, and
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> > > > (ii) bearing the words “SCHEDULE EIGHT—CHECK CAREFULLY” in bold face sans serif capital letters with a letter height of at least 12.5 millimetres, and
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> > > (d) the outside of the package does not indicate that it contains a drug of addiction, and
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> > > (e) the package is properly addressed to the person to whom the drug is being supplied.
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> > (3) This clause does not prevent a dealer from supplying a drug of addiction by means of a separately wrapped inner package within an outer package containing other goods so long as—
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> > > (a) a document listing the contents of the inner package is contained in the inner package, and
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> > > (b) the inner package is marked with the words “SCHEDULE EIGHT—CHECK CAREFULLY” in bold face sans serif capital letters with a letter height of at least 12.5 millimetres, and
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> > > (c) the outside of the outer package does not indicate that it contains a drug of addiction, and
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> > > (d) the outer package is properly addressed to the person to whom the drug is being supplied.
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> Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.