Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsS. 20(1) amended by No. 75/2014 s. 6(1).
(1) Subject to subsection (2), a licence authorises a person to do all or any of the following—
(a) manufacture and sell or supply by wholesale any Schedule 8 poison or Schedule 9 poison other than heroin;
S. 20(1)(b) substituted by No. 74/2004 s. 4(1).
(b) manufacture and sell or supply by wholesale any Schedule 2 poison, Schedule 3 poison, Schedule 4 poison or Schedule 7 poison;
S. 20(1)(c) amended by No. 74/2004 s. 4(2).
(c) manufacture and sell or supply by retail any Schedule 7 poison (other than a Schedule 7 poison included in the Poisons Code in the list of substances that are not for general sale by retail);
(d) sell or supply by wholesale any Schedule 8 poison or Schedule 9 poison other than heroin;
S. 20(1)(e) substituted by No. 74/2004 s. 4(3).
(e) sell or supply by wholesale any Schedule 2 poison, Schedule 3 poison, Schedule 4 poison or Schedule 7 poison;
S. 20(1)(f) substituted by No. 9/1998 s. 4(1)(a), amended by No. 75/2014 s. 6(2).
(f) sell or supply by retail any Schedule 2 poison.
S. 20(1)(g) repealed by No. 9/1998 s. 4(1)(b).
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S. 20(2) repealed by No. 9/1998 s. 4(2), new s. 20(2) inserted by No. 75/2014 s. 6(3).
(2) A mobile facility licence authorises a person to do all or any of the following—
(a) to manufacture and sell or supply by wholesale any perishable pest animal bait that is a Schedule 7 poison (other than a Schedule 7 poison included in the Poisons Code in the list of substances that are not for general sale by retail) at a mobile facility location to which the mobile facility licence relates;
(b) to manufacture and sell or supply by retail any perishable pest animal bait that is a Schedule 7 poison (other than a Schedule 7 poison included in the Poisons Code in the list of substances that are not for general sale by retail) at a mobile facility location to which the mobile facility licence relates.
S. 20(3) amended by Nos 20/2016 s. 104, 34/2019 s. 7.
(3) A permit authorises a person to purchase or otherwise obtain poisons or controlled substances for use for industrial, educational, advisory or research purposes or for the provision of health services.
S. 20(3A) inserted by No. 74/2004 s. 13.
(3A) A person who is the holder of a permit issued under subsection (3) authorising the person to purchase or otherwise obtain poisons or controlled substances for the provision of health services is authorised to sell or supply any poison or controlled substance to which that permit relates without obtaining a further licence to do so under this section if that sale or supply—
S. 20(3A)(a) amended by Nos 97/2005 s. 179(6) (as amended by No. 29/2006 s. 3(Sch. 1 item 14.5)), 75/2014 s. 6(4).
(a) is carried out by a person who
is authorised under section 13(1)(a), (ba), (bb), (bc), (c) or (ca) to
sell or supply that poison or controlled substance in the lawful practice of
his or her profession; and
(b) is for the purposes of the provision of health services.
(4) A warrant authorises a person to purchase or otherwise obtain or use any regulated poison in accordance with the warrant.
S. 20(5) inserted by No. 18/2000 s. 102.
(5) A person who sells or supplies by wholesale or manufactures and sells or supplies by wholesale any Schedule 1 poison is authorised to do so without obtaining a licence under this section.
S. 20A inserted by No. 6/2024 s. 12.