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PUBLIC HEALTH REGULATIONS 2000 (2000 NO 1) - REG 54

Supply of adulterated drugs

(1)     A person must not—

        (a)     prepare or store a drug so as to adversely affect the quality or potency of the drug; or

        (b)     supply a drug that is prepared or stored in that way.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

(2)     A person must not supply a drug that contains matter that is inedible, or likely to cause injury if taken by mouth, unless the drug is labelled distinctly and legibly as being unsuitable for administration by mouth.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

(3)     A person must not—

        (a)     prepare a drug so as fraudulently to increase its weight, bulk or measure, or to conceal its inferior quality; or

        (b)     supply a drug that is prepared in that way.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

(4)     A person must not supply a drug otherwise than in accordance with the instructions of the person to whom it is supplied in any of the following respects:

        (a)     nature;

        (b)     substance;

        (c)     quality;

        (d)     weight;

        (e)     measure;

        (f)     quantity;

        (g)     composition.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.



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