Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966 No 31
Current version for 6 July 2012 to date (accessed 18 May 2013 at 16:45)

9   Prohibition on wholesale supply of certain substances for therapeutic use

(1)  A person who supplies by wholesale any poison or restricted substance for therapeutic use, except under, and in accordance with the conditions of, a wholesaler’s licence or authority issued under the regulations is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty:

(a)  20 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both, if the offence involves a restricted substance of a kind prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section, or
(b)  15 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both, in any other case.

(2)  A wholesaler’s licence authorises its holder to supply by wholesale poisons and restricted substances for therapeutic use in or on humans or both in or on humans and in or on animals.
(3)  A wholesaler’s authority authorises its holder to supply by wholesale poisons and restricted substances for therapeutic use only in or on animals.
(4)  This section does not apply to a poison specified in Schedule 5 or 6 of the Poisons List.
(5)  For the purposes of this section:
(a)  poisons or restricted substances are taken to be for use in or on animals if the poisons or restricted substances bear information that indicates that they are, or are otherwise represented as being, for use only in or on animals, and
(b)  poisons or restricted substances are taken to be for use in or on humans if they are not exclusively for use in or on animals.
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