Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

MEDICINES, POISONS AND THERAPEUTIC GOODS ACT 2008 (NO. 26 OF 2008) - SECT 40

    (1)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person prescribes a medicine (whether orally or in writing) for someone else; and

        (b)     the person is not authorised to prescribe the medicine for the other person.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.

    (2)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person prescribes a medicine (whether orally or in writing) for himself or herself; and

        (b)     the person is not authorised to prescribe the medicine for himself or herself.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.

    (3)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person prescribes a medicine (whether orally or in writing) for an animal; and

        (b)     the person is not authorised to prescribe the medicine for the animal.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.