31AStorage in managed correctional centres

31A Storage in managed correctional centres

31A Storage in managed correctional centres

(1) The management company for a managed correctional centre must ensure that restricted substances at the managed correctional centre are stored—

(a) in a room or enclosure to which the public does not have access, and

(b) apart from food intended for consumption by humans or animals, and

(c) in a way that, if the container breaks or leaks, the restricted substance cannot mix with or contaminate any food intended for consumption by humans or animals.

(2) The management company for a managed correctional centre must ensure that prescribed restricted substances at the managed correctional centre are stored—

(a) apart from all other goods and substances, and

(b) in a separate room, safe, cupboard or other receptacle that is securely attached to a part of the premises and kept securely locked when not in immediate use.

(3) The management company for a managed correctional centre must appoint, by written instrument, a pharmacist employed at the managed correctional centre as the person responsible for the storage of restricted substances at the managed correctional centre.

(4) If there is no pharmacist employed at the managed correctional centre, an authorised practitioner or nurse in charge may be appointed.

(5) This clause does not apply to a restricted substance at a retail pharmacy located at a managed correctional centre.

(6) This clause does not prevent prescribed restricted substances from being stored with drugs of addiction.

(7) In this clause—

authorised practitioner does not include a veterinary practitioner.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

cl 31A: Ins 2021 (386), Sch 1[3].