5Manufacturing chemists and wholesale chemists

5 Manufacturing chemists and wholesale chemists

(1)  An application for a licence –

(a) to carry on business as a manufacturing chemist or to make, refine or prepare a narcotic substance is to be made by a qualified person and accompanied by the relevant fee specified in item 1 of Schedule 7 ; and

(b) to carry on business as a wholesale chemist is to be accompanied by the relevant fee specified in item 2 of Schedule 7 .

(2)  In subregulation (1)(a)  –

qualified person means –

(a) [Regulation 5 Subregulation (2) amended by No. 23 of 2022, s. 47, Applied:24 Oct 2022] a medical practitioner, pharmacist, dentist or veterinary surgeon; or

(b) a person who holds a degree or diploma approved by the Minister; or

(c) a person approved by the Secretary; or

(d) a person who is, or is eligible to be –

(i) a Fellow or Associate of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute; or

(ii) a Fellow, Associate or Licentiate of the Royal Institute of Chemistry; or

(e) where the carrying out of a process involving a prohibited plant is only preparatory to the use of that plant for the manufacture of a narcotic substance, a person approved by the Minister.