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DRUG MISUSE AND TRAFFICKING ACT 1985 - SECT 11
Possession of equipment for administration of prohibited drugs
11 Possession of equipment for administration of prohibited drugs
(1) A person who has in his or her possession any item of equipment for use in
the administration of a prohibited drug is guilty of an offence.
(1A)
Subsection (1) does not apply to or in respect of a hypodermic syringe or a
hypodermic needle.
(1B) Subsection (1) does not apply to or in respect of a
person prescribed by the regulations, or a person who is of a class of persons
prescribed by the regulations, who has in his or her possession any item of
equipment that is required to minimise health risks associated with the
intravenous administration of a prohibited drug.
(2) Nothing in this section
renders unlawful the possession of an item of equipment by-- (a) a medical
practitioner, dentist, veterinary practitioner, pharmacist, registered nurse
or registered midwife acting in the ordinary course of his or her profession,
(b) a member of any other prescribed profession acting in the ordinary course
of that profession,
(c) a person licensed or authorised to have possession of
the item of equipment under the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966 ,
(d)
a person authorised to have possession of the item of equipment by the
Secretary of the Department of Health, or
(e) a person for use in the
administration of a prohibited drug lawfully prescribed or supplied.
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