69Packaging and labelling generally

69 Packaging and labelling generally

69 Packaging and labelling generally

(1) A dealer who supplies a drug of addiction must ensure that the drug is packaged and labelled—

(a) in accordance with the relevant provisions of the current Poisons Standard, and

(b) in the case of a drug of addiction to which Therapeutic Goods Order No. 95 applies, in accordance with that Order.

(2) Despite subclause (1), an authorised practitioner who supplies a drug of addiction must ensure that the drug is packaged in accordance with the requirements of that subclause but labelled in accordance with the requirements of Appendix A.

(3) A pharmacist who supplies any quantity of a drug of addiction on prescription must ensure that the drug is supplied in a package that is labelled in accordance with the requirements of Appendix A instead of in accordance with the requirements of subclause (1).

(4) Despite subclause (1), an authorised practitioner or pharmacist who supplies a drug of addiction to a person who, in the opinion of the authorised practitioner or pharmacist, would suffer undue hardship through difficulty in opening a container that is packaged in accordance with Therapeutic Goods Order No. 95, is not required to package the drug in accordance with that Order.

Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.

cl 69: Am 2011 (480), Sch 1 [4] [13]; 2021 (372), Sch 1[5].