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POISONS AND THERAPEUTIC GOODS REGULATION 2008 - REG 108

Delivery by carrier

108 Delivery by carrier

(1) A carrier is authorised to be in possession of a package containing a drug of addiction, but for the purpose only of delivering it to the person to whom it is addressed.
(2) A dealer (other than an authorised practitioner or pharmacist) who supplies a drug of addiction by post or by carrier must ensure that--
(a) the drug is contained in a package that has at least one opaque covering, and
(b) no other goods are contained in the package, and
(c) the package contains a document--
(i) listing the contents of the package, and
(ii) bearing the words "SCHEDULE EIGHT--CHECK CAREFULLY" in bold face sans serif capital letters with a letter height of at least 12.5 millimetres, and
(d) the outside of the package does not indicate that it contains a drug of addiction, and
(e) the package is properly addressed to the person to whom the drug is being supplied.
(3) This clause does not prevent a dealer from supplying a drug of addiction by means of a separately wrapped inner package within an outer package containing other goods so long as--
(a) a document listing the contents of the inner package is contained in the inner package, and
(b) the inner package is marked with the words "SCHEDULE EIGHT--CHECK CAREFULLY" in bold face sans serif capital letters with a letter height of at least 12.5 millimetres, and
(c) the outside of the outer package does not indicate that it contains a drug of addiction, and
(d) the outer package is properly addressed to the person to whom the drug is being supplied.
: Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.



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