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75 Offence—unauthorised administration of approved
substance
(1) A person commits an offence if the person—
(a) administers an approved substance to an individual; and
(b) is not authorised to administer the approved substance to the
individual under section 66 (Administering approved
substances—administering practitioner).
(2) This section does not apply if the person administers a medicine to
another person under the Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods
Act 2008.
Note The defendant has an evidential burden in relation to the matters
mentioned in s (2) (see Criminal Code, s 58).