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Matched Legal Cases: ['art 4', 'art 4', 'art 4', 'art 4', 'art 4', 'art 4', 'art 4', 'art 4', 'art 4', 'art 2', 'art 4', 'art 4', 'art 4', 'art 4', 'art.\n139', 'art.\n153', 'art.\n153', 'art.\n153', 'art.\n153', 'art.\n153', 'art.\n153', 'art.\n153', 'art 4', 'art 5', 'art 5']

An Act about particular matters relating to public health
This Act may be cited as the Health Act 1937 .
s 3 amd 1945 9 Geo 6 No. 9 s 2; 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 57 s 2; 1962 No. 27 s 2; 1964 No. 71 s 2; 1971 No. 20 ss 3(a), 4; 1973 No. 29 s 2; 1975 No. 70 s 3; 1976 No. 88 s 2; 1978 No. 65 s 3; 1981 No. 44 s 4 sch 1; 1984 No. 26 s 3; 1986 No. 36 s 60 (1) sch 6 pt 1; 1987 No. 22 s 4; 1988 No. 25 s 4
advertisement means any method of conveying information or making any claim with regard to any drug or article, whether orally or by writing or pictorially, or by telephone, gramophone, or wireless broadcasting or television or any other means of transmitting images or sound or both in association, or by label, letter, circular, pamphlet, book, magazine, newspaper, sign, poster, or otherwise.
def advertisement amd 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 57 s 3 (a); 1981 No. 44 s 4 sch 1
air cushion vehicle ...
def air cushion vehicle ins 1975 No. 70 s 4 (a)
analyse, for part 4A, see section 136.
def analyse ins 2001 No. 78 s 45 (2)
def analyst sub 1990 No. 59 s 2.2(a)
approved form see section 15A.
def approved form ins 1995 No. 57 s 4 sch 1
def Area om 1993 No. 70 s 804 sch
(b)does not include medicinal cannabis under the Public Health (Medicinal Cannabis) Act 2016 , section 6.
def article amd 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 57 s 3 (b); 1978 No. 65 s 4 (a); 1981 No. 44 s 4 sch 1; 1995 No. 57 s 4 sch 1
authorised person ...
def authorised person om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1
def baker om 1981 No. 44 s 4 sch 1
def barber amd 1978 No. 65 s 4 (b)
barber’s shop ...
def barber’s shop om 2003 No. 81 s 162 sch 1
biological preparation means every substance prescribed as such.
British pharmaceutical codex ...
def British pharmaceutical codex ins 1976 No. 41 s 2
British pharmacopoeia means the British pharmacopoeia as in force in Queensland for the time being under the Drugs Standard Adopting Act 1976 .
def British pharmacopoeia sub 1976 No. 41 s 2
British veterinary codex ...
def British veterinary codex ins 1976 No. 41 s 2
def By-laws om 1993 No. 70 s 804 sch
def chemist or pharmaceutical chemist om 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 57 s 3 (c)
chief executive (child safety) ...
def chief executive (child safety) ins 2004 No. 36 s 64 (2)
chief health officer ...
def chief health officer ins 1992 No. 66 s 35 (1)
def child ins 2004 No. 36 s 64 (2)
def communicable disease ins 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 57 s 3 (d)
controlled drug means an article or substance prescribed under a regulation to be a controlled drug.
def controlled drug ins 1996 No. 60 s 7 (3)
daily penalty ...
def daily penalty om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1
dairy produce ...
def dairy produce om 1981 No. 44 s 4 sch 1
dangerous drug ...
def dangerous drug om 1996 No. 60 s 7 (1)
dangerous substance ...
def dangerous substance ins 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 57 s 3 (e)
day hospital ...
def day hospital ins 1992 No. 66 s 35 (1)
def dentist sub 2001 No. 4 s 267 sch 2
Deputy Director-General ...
def Deputy Director-General om 1991 No. 24 s 7.3 sch 3
def Director-General om 1995 No. 57 s 4 sch 1
def disposal ins 1975 No. 70 s 4 (b)
def district ins 1996 No. 61 s 15 sch
document certification requirement, for part 4A, see section 136.
def document certification requirement ins 2001 No. 78 s 45 (2)
document production requirement, for part 4A, see section 136.
def document production requirement ins 2001 No. 78 s 45 (2)
def drain om 1949 13 Geo 6 No. 55 s 27 (i)
def drug amd 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 57 s 3 (f); 1968 No. 19 s 2; 1995 No. 57 s 4 sch 1; 1998 No. 41 s 14 (2) sch 2
drug addict ...
def drug addict om 1988 No. 25 s 5 (b)
(a)who, as a result of repeated administration to the person of controlled or restricted drugs or poisons—
over the person’s continued use of controlled or restricted drugs or poisons; and
(b)who, when the administration to the person of controlled or restricted drugs or poisons ceases, suffers or is likely to suffer mental or physical distress or disorder.
def drug dependent person ins 1988 No. 25 s 5 (b)
endorsement, for part 4A, see section 136.
def endorsement ins 2001 No. 78 s 45 (2)
executive officer, for part 4A, see section 136.
def executive officer ins 2001 No. 78 s 45 (2)
def food om 1981 No. 44 s 4 sch 1
General fund ...
def General fund om 1993 No. 70 s 804 sch
def harm ins 2004 No. 36 s 64 (2)
have in possession ...
def have in possession om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1
health practitioner registration Act ...
def health practitioner registration Act ins 1999 No. 58 s 429
health service employee, for part 4A, see section 136.
def health service employee ins 2001 No. 78 s 45 (2)
hospital see the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011 , schedule 2.
def hospital ins 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 57 s 3 (g)
def house amd 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 57 s 3 (h); 1994 No. 87 s 3 sch 2
def infectious disease om 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 57 s 3 (i)
injurious includes dangerous.
inspector means an inspector appointed under section 137.
def inspector sub 1971 No. 20 s 5 (a); 1991 No. 97 s 3 sch 2; 2001 No. 78 s 45; 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1
label means a label, tag, brand, mark, or statement in writing, whether or not containing any pictorial or other descriptive matter.
def licence amd 1971 No. 20 s 2; 1975 No. 70 s 4 (c)
def licensee amd 1971 No. 20 s 2
def local government om 1992 No. 66 s 35 (2)
Local Government Act ...
def Local Government Act sub 1993 No. 70 s 804 sch
def manager ins 1996 No. 61 s 15 sch
def meat sub 1964 No. 71 s 3
medical officer of health ...
def medical officer of health amd 1987 No. 22 s 5 (b)
def medical practitioner om 1992 No. 55 s 163 sch 2
def Minister om 1991 No. 97 s 3 sch 2
nightsoil ...
def nightsoil ins 1975 No. 70 s 4 (d)
notifiable disease ...
def notifiable disease amd 1988 No. 25 s 5 (c)
def nurse ins 2003 No. 9 s 6
occupier includes a person having the charge, management, or control of premises, and in the case of a house which is let out in separate tenements, or in the case of a lodging house which is let to lodgers, the person receiving the rent payable by the tenants or lodgers either on the person’s own account or as the agent of another person.
def occupier amd 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1
offence against a relevant provision, for part 4A, see section 136.
def offence against a relevant provision ins 2001 No. 78 s 45 (2)
def officer amd 2003 No. 68 s 38
official dose, when used with reference to any drug or other article, means the maximum dose (if any) stated in the British pharmacopoeia.
def opium amd 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 57 s 3 (j)
def owner sub 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 57 s 3 (k)
package includes every means by which goods are cased, covered, enclosed, contained, or packed, and includes a cask, bottle, jar, vessel, bag, box, or other receptacle.
def paint amd 1973 No. 29 s 3 (a); 1982 No. 57 s 4 (a)
def parent sub 2004 No. 36 s 64
def person om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1
personal particulars requirement, for part 4A, see section 136.
def personal particulars requirement ins 2001 No. 78 s 45 (2)
def pesticide ins 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 57 s 3 (l)
def pharmaceutical chemist ins 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 57 s 3 (l)
def pharmacist ins 1976 No. 88 s 3 (a)
place includes any house, building, ship, barge, boat, vehicle, car, station, wharf, shed, land, or premises.
def poison sub 2016 No. 53 s 222(3)
premises includes messuages, buildings, lands, easements, and tenements of any tenure, and also any vehicle.
def prescribed om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1
def private health facility ins 1999 No. 60 s 165 sch 2
private hospital ...
def private hospital ins 1999 No. 60 s 165 sch 2
def professional ins 2004 No. 36 s 64 (2)
prohibited article ...
def prohibited article om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1
prohibited plant ...
def prohibited plant ins 1971 No. 20 s 5 (b)
om 1986 No. 36 s 60 (1) sch 6 pt 1
Queensland Health Education Council ...
def Queensland Health Education Council ins 1945 9 Geo 6 No. 9 s 3
Queensland Radium Institute ...
def Queensland Radium Institute ins 1945 9 Geo 6 No. 9 s 3
def registered nurse ins 2004 No. 36 s 64 (2)
registrant means a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law.
def registrant ins 1999 No. 58 s 429
registrant’s board, for a registrant, means the National Board established under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law for the profession in which the registrant is registered.
def registrant’s board ins 1999 No. 58 s 429
def regulations om 1991 No. 97 s 3 sch 2
relevant provisions see section 134.
def relevant provisions ins 2001 No. 78 s 45 (2)
restricted drug means every substance or article prescribed as such.
def road om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1
sale includes barter, and also includes offering or attempting to sell, or receiving for sale, or having in possession for sale, or exposing for sale, or sending, forwarding, or delivering for sale, or causing or suffering or permitting or allowing to be sold or offered or exposed for sale, but, refers only to sale for consumption or use by humans, and also, so far as relates to any poison, or to any restricted drug, or to any controlled drug, or to any biological preparation includes supplying, exchanging, lending, or giving away, and whether for consumption or use by humans or for any other purpose whatsoever, and also includes, in relation to any article for use by humans, permitting or allowing such use as a means of advertisement.
def sale amd 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 57 s 3 (m); 1981 No. 44 s 4 sch 1; 1996 No. 60 s 16
Sanitary convenience ...
def Sanitary convenience om 1993 No. 70 s 804 sch
def school om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1
Sewerage ...
def Sewerage om 1993 No. 70 s 804 sch
def shoes om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1
def sole amd 1946 11 Geo 6 No. 9 s 2
def State om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1
State analyst means a State analyst appointed under section 153Z (1).
def State analyst ins 2001 No. 78 s 45 (2)
def stormwater drain ins 1949 13 Geo 6 No. 55 s 27 (ii)
substance includes a preparation, admixture, or derivative of a substance.
thing, for part 4A, see section 136.
def thing ins 2001 No. 78 s 45 (2)
def this Act om 1991 No. 97 s 3 sch 2
vehicle without limiting the ordinary meaning of the term, means any motor vehicle, omnibus, coach, cart, sulky, bicycle, velocipede, train, railway carriage, aeroplane, airship, balloon, or other means of conveyance or transit.
def venereal disease amd 1984 No. 103 s 2
def vessel amd 1975 No. 70 s 4 (e)
veterinary surgeon means a veterinary surgeon within the meaning of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1936 .
writing includes partly printing and partly writing, and printing, typewriting, lithography, photography, and other modes of representing and reproducing words in a visible form.
Part 2 General powers
Division 1 Central government
s 7 amd 1975 No. 70 s 5; 1991 No. 24 s 7.3 sch 3; 1992 No. 66 s 36; R1 (see RA s 38)
s 13 amd 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 57 s 6; 1971 No. 20 s 2; 1975 No. 70 ss 7, 28 sch 1; 1982 No. 57 s 5; 1987 No. 22 s 44; R1 (see RA s 38); 1994 No. 87 s 3 sch 2
15AApproval of forms
18AChief executive to give notice of proceedings to boards
(a)a health service employee, or public service employee within the department, starts proceedings against a registrant or veterinary surgeon for an offence against this Act or another Act administered by the Minister; or
(b)the chief executive suspends or cancels, or imposes or varies conditions on, an authority held by a registrant or veterinary surgeon under the Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 1996 .
(2)The chief executive must, as soon as practicable after the chief executive or employee takes action mentioned in subsection (1), give written notice about it—
(a)for a registrant—to the registrant’s board; or
(b)for a veterinary surgeon—to the Veterinary Surgeons Board of Queensland.
(3)For subsection (1) (a)—
health service employee see the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011 , schedule 2.
amd 2001 No. 78 s 46; 2010 No. 14 s 124 sch; 2011 No. 32 s 332 sch 1 pt 2 (amd 2012 No. 9 s 47)
18BChief executive may inform boards about particular matters
(a)a registrant or veterinary surgeon has committed an offence against this Act; or
(b)a ground exists for the chief executive to suspend or cancel, or impose or vary conditions on, an approval or authority held by a registrant or veterinary surgeon under the Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 1996 .
(2)The chief executive may give information about the belief, including the grounds for the belief—
div hdg om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1
s 27A (prev s 27 (1A)) ins 1968 No. 19 s 3
s 27B (prev s 27 (2)–(2A)) amd 1990 No. 59 s 2.4; 1995 No. 57 s 4 sch 1
s 27C (prev s 27 (3)) amd 1995 No. 57 s 4 sch 1
s 27D (prev s 27 (4)) amd 1995 No. 57 s 4 sch 1
pt hdg sub 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 57 s 12
div hdg orig div 1 hdg sub 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 57 s 12
def district registrar sub 1967 No. 20 s 2 (a)
s 31A (prev s 31 (2)–(8)) amd 1939 3 Geo VI No. 34 s 2; 1967 No. 20 s 2 (b); 1975 No. 70 s 28 sch 1; 1987 No. 22 ss 7, 44; 1995 No. 57 s 4 sch 1
div hdg amd 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 57 s 15
s 33 amd 1948 13 Geo 6 No. 16 s 3; 1949 13 Geo 6 No. 55 s 29; 1959 No. 57 s 17; 1975 No. 70 s 10; 1987 No. 22 s 8; 1988 No. 25 s 10 ; 1995 No. 57 s 4 sch 1; 1998 No. 41 s 14 (1) sch 1; 2003 No. 81 s 162 sch 1
div hdg om 2000 No. 8 s 263 sch 3
div hdg orig div 4 hdg amd 1959 Eliz 2 No. 57 s 30
def day hospital ins 1993 No. 79 s 28
def licence amd 1971 No. 20 s 2
def medical cases ins 1984 No. 66 s 61 (a)
def private hospital amd 1962 No. 46 s 4 (2) sch 2; 1982 No. 57 s 14 (a); 1991 No. 24 s 7.3 sch 3
def registered nurse amd 1982 No. 57 s 14 (b); 1984 No. 66 s 61 (b)
sub 1992 No. 55 s 163 sch 2
68AA[Repealed]
s 68AA (prev s 68 (2)–(5)) amd 1962 No. 27 s 5 (b); 1971 No. 20 s 2; 1978 No. 65 s 7 (b); 1995 No. 57 s 4 sch 1
68B[Repealed]
s 71 amd 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 57 s 43; 1971 No. 20 s 2; 1982 No. 57 s 21 ; 1995 No. 57 s 4 sch 1
s 75 amd 1958 7 Eliz 2 No. 32 s 3 (1) sch 1; 1967 No. 20 s 3
div hdg prev div 5 hdg om 1998 No. 25 s 24
76B[Repealed]
76CA[Repealed]
76E[Repealed]
76F[Repealed]
76G[Repealed]
76H[Repealed]
76I[Repealed]
76J[Repealed]
div hdg prev div 6 hdg om 1978 No. 65 s 6 (a)
76K[Repealed]
76KA[Repealed]
76KB[Repealed]
76KC[Repealed]
76KD[Repealed]
76KE[Repealed]
76KF[Repealed]
76KG[Repealed]
76KH[Repealed]
76L[Repealed]
76M[Repealed]
76N[Repealed]
div hdg orig div 7 hdg om 1998 No. 25 s 26
div hdg orig div 8 hdg om 1988 No. 25 s 28
96A[Repealed]
98A[Repealed]
98B[Repealed]
div hdg orig div 9 hdg amd 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 57 s 39; 1989 No. 22 s 12
Division 10 [Repealed]
div hdg ins 1980 No. 61 s 3
def charitable institution om 1991 No. 24 s 7.3 sch 3
def contractor ins 1998 No. 41 s 5 (3)
def health service employee ins 1998 No. 41 s 5 (3)
def nursing home sub 1998 No. 41 s 5 (2)–(3)
def prescribed person sub 1991 No. 24 s 7.3 sch 3
def private hospital om 1999 No. 60 s 165 sch 2
def psychiatric hospital om 2000 No. 16 s 590 sch 1 pt 2
def public hospital sub 1991 No. 24 s 7.3 sch 3
def register ins 1998 No. 41 s 5 (3)
def return about cancer ins 1998 No. 41 s 5 (3)
100C[Repealed]
amd 1987 No.22s 44; 1995 No. 57s 4sch 1; 1998 No. 41s 6; 1999 No. 60s 165sch 2; 2000 No. 16s 590sch 1 pt 2
100D[Repealed]
100DA[Repealed]
100DB[Repealed]
100DC[Repealed]
100E[Repealed]
100EA[Repealed]
100F[Repealed]
Division 11 [Repealed]
div hdg ins 1998 No. 41 s 11
sdiv hdg ins 1998 No. 41 s 11
100FA[Repealed]
100FB[Repealed]
100FC[Repealed]
100FD[Repealed]
100FE[Repealed]
100FF[Repealed]
100FG[Repealed]
100FH[Repealed]
100FI[Repealed]
100FJ[Repealed]
100FK[Repealed]
100FL[Repealed]
100FM[Repealed]
100FN[Repealed]
100FO[Repealed]
100FP[Repealed]
100FQ[Repealed]
100FR[Repealed]
100FS[Repealed]
100FT[Repealed]
100FU[Repealed]
100FV[Repealed]
100FW[Repealed]
100FX[Repealed]
Division 12 [Repealed]
div hdg (prev div 11 hdg) ins 1984 No. 26 s 4
100G[Repealed]
100H[Repealed]
amd 1988 No. 24s 33; 1995 No. 57s 4sch 1; 1998 No. 41s 14(1)sch 1; 1999 No. 10s 205sch 3
100I[Repealed]
100J[Repealed]
Part 4 Drugs and other articles
pt hdg amd 1981 No. 44 s 4 sch 1
101Adulteration of drug or article
(1)For the purposes of this Act, any drug or article is deemed to be adulterated—
(a)if it contains or is mixed or diluted with any substance in any quantity or in any proportion which diminishes in any manner its nutritive or other beneficial properties as compared with the same in a pure and normal state and in an undeteriorated and sound condition, or which in any manner operates or may operate to the prejudice or disadvantage of the purchaser or consumer;
(b)if it contains or is mixed or diluted with any substance of lower commercial value than the same in a pure and normal state and in an undeteriorated and sound condition;
(c)if any substance, constituent, or ingredient has been wholly or in part extracted, abstracted, or omitted from it, and as a result its nutritive or other beneficial properties are less than those of the same in its pure and normal state, or the purchaser or consumer is or may be in any manner prejudiced or disadvantaged;
(d)if, either wholly or in part, it does not comply with the prescribed standard for it;
(e)if it contains anything prohibited by this Act;
(f)if it contains any substance in excess of any quantity or proportion permitted by this Act;
(g)if it is mixed, coloured, powdered, coated, stained, or treated in any manner whereby damage, deterioration, inferiority, or true character or quality is or may be concealed;
(h)if it consists wholly or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal or vegetable substance, or of any portion of an animal or vegetable unfit for use as or in any drug or article, whether manufactured or not, or it has not been sufficiently cleaned or purified;
(i)if it is the product of a diseased animal, or of one which has died otherwise than by slaughter;
(j)if it is damaged, deteriorated, or perished or contains any foreign matter;
(k)if another substance has been substituted, wholly or in part, for such drug or article.
(2)However, in any proceeding under this Act for selling a drug or an article to which subsection (1) (a) or (b) applies, such drug or article shall not be deemed to be adulterated if it is sold as a mixture in accordance with this Act.
101AFalse description of drug
For the purposes of this Act any drug or article is deemed to be falsely described—
(a)if it is in a package, and—
(i)the contents of the package as originally put up have been removed in whole or in part, and other contents have been placed in such package; or
(ii)it fails to bear on the package, or on a label on or attached thereto, a statement of the quantity or proportion of any controlled drug, restricted drug or poison, or any other substance prescribed to be so stated, or any derivative or preparation of any such substances contained therein; or
(iii)the contents are stated in terms of weight or measure on the outside of the package, or on a label on or attached thereto, and they are not plainly or correctly stated; or
(iv)the package or any label on or attached thereto bears a statement, word, brand, mark, design, or device regarding the nature, quality, strength, purity, composition, origin, age, or proportion of the drug or article, or the ingredients, constituents, or substance contained in the drug or article which is false or misleading in any particular;
(b)in the case of imported goods—if it has not applied thereto the trade or other description as required for its importation under the laws in force for the time being of the Commonwealth of Australia, or if it has applied thereto a false trade or other description within the meaning of the aforesaid laws regarding the importation of goods;
(c)if it is an imitation of or is offered for sale under the distinctive name of another drug or article;
(d)if it is labelled or marked so as to deceive or mislead the purchaser, or purports to be an imported product when not so;
(e)if it is labelled as or any advertisement of or concerning it states that it is a herbal medicine, and it contains any drug or substance other than a drug or substance of vegetable origin;
(f)if any advertisement of or concerning it contains any written, spoken, or pictorial matter calculated or likely to deceive or mislead the purchaser;
(g)if it is sold under a name which conveys or is likely to convey a false indication of origin, character, or place of manufacture, or to lead the purchaser to suppose that it is any drug or article or product thereof.
102Drugs to comply with description or standard
(a)a drug sold under a name included in the British pharmaceutical codex, the British pharmacopoeia or the British veterinary codex that does not comply with the description of and tests specified for such drug in those codices or that pharmacopoeia shall be deemed to be a drug that is not of the substance of the drug demanded by the purchaser unless the drug is one to which is applicable a specific standard determined for that drug pursuant to the Drugs Standard Adopting Act 1976 ;
(b)a drug that is one to which is applicable a specific standard determined for that drug by the Minister pursuant to the Drugs Standard Adopting Act 1976 and that does not comply with that standard shall be deemed to be a drug that is not of the substance of the drug demanded by the purchaser.
103Sales by agents or servants etc.
(1)For the purposes of this Act any person shall, additionally to any drug or article sold by the person personally, be deemed to sell any drug or article which the person sells through any employee or agent or which the person sells as an employee or agent.
employee or agent respectively include, but without limit to the generality of their meanings, a manager or representative of an employer or principal.
103A[Repealed]
Division 2 Drugs etc.
div hdg amd 1981 No. 44 s 4 sch 1
104Adulterated drug not to be sold
No person shall sell any drug or article which is adulterated or falsely described, or which is packed or enclosed for sale or labelled, branded, or marked in any manner contrary to or not in compliance with this Act.
104AAdulterated drug not to be tendered or despatched for or on sale
(1)No person shall in or from Queensland tender or despatch or offer to tender or despatch for or on sale any drug or article which is adulterated or falsely described, or which is packed or enclosed for sale or labelled, branded, or marked in any manner contrary to or not in compliance with this Act, whether the actual sale shall be effected or is to become effective in Queensland or elsewhere.
(2)However, if the actual sale was effective or is to be effective elsewhere than in Queensland it shall be a defence to a charge of an offence against this section to prove that the sale was legally authorised under the laws in force where it was effected or to become effective.
(3)No person shall from elsewhere than in Queensland tender or despatch or offer to tender or despatch to any other person in Queensland for or on sale any drug or article which is adulterated or falsely described, or which is packed or enclosed for sale or labelled, branded, or marked in any manner contrary to or not in compliance with this Act, whether the actual sale shall be effected or is to become effective in Queensland or elsewhere.
(4)A complaint of an offence against this section shall be heard and determined at a place appointed for holding Magistrates Courts within the Magistrates Court district in which the person to whom the offender tendered or despatched or offered to tender or despatch the drug or article which forms the subject matter of the complaint resided or carried on business when the offence was committed.
105Mixing other ingredients or material with a drug
(a)for purposes of sale, mix or cause or permit to be mixed any ingredient or material with any drug, or colour or cause or permit to be coloured any drug so as to affect injuriously the quality or potency of such drug;
(b)sell any drug mixed with any such ingredient or material, as in paragraph (a) stated, or so coloured as in paragraph (a) stated;
(c)for the purposes of sale, mix or cause or permit to be mixed any ingredient or material with any drug in order thereby fraudulently to increase its weight, bulk, or measure, or to conceal its inferior quality;
(d)sell any drug mixed with any ingredient or material whereby the weight, bulk, or measure of such drug has been fraudulently increased or its inferior quality concealed;
(e)sell any drug which is not of the nature, substance, or quality of the drug demanded by the purchaser, or sell any quantity of drug less in weight or measure or number than the weight or measure or number demanded and paid for by the purchaser;
(f)sell any compounded drug which is not composed of ingredients in accordance with the demand of the purchaser.
(2)In any prosecution it shall be no defence to prove that the drug the subject of the prosecution, though defective in nature or in substance or in quality, was not defective in more than 1 such respect.
106Offences in relation to automatic machines
contraceptive includes any condom and any other fitting or appliance sold for use as a contraceptive or capable of being used as a contraceptive.
(2)Subject to subsection (3), a regulation may prohibit the sale or supply, by means of any automatic machine or similar mechanical device, of any drug, poison or contraceptive specified in the regulation.
(3)A regulation made under subsection (2) in respect of the sale or supply of condoms shall specify the premises or classes of premises to which the prohibition applies.
(a)contravenes a regulation made under subsection (2); or
(b)installs any automatic machine or similar mechanical device at any place for a purpose prohibited under a regulation made under subsection (2) in respect of that place;
(5)No licence issued by a local government in respect of any automatic machine or similar mechanical device shall be taken as authorising the installation or use of that machine or device for the sale or supply of any drug, poison or contraceptive if subsection (4) would be contravened by that installation or use.
107Sale of mixture
(1)Where any person sells a drug which is a mixture the ingredients shall be pure and in an undeteriorated and sound condition.
(2)The person shall deliver the mixture to the purchaser in a package on or attached to which is a label stating that the drug is a mixture and the names of the ingredients legibly and uniformly written and, when so prescribed, the names and proportions of the ingredients.
(3)But (except as otherwise prescribed in respect of poisons, restricted drugs, controlled drugs, or biological preparations) it shall not be necessary so to supply a label in the case of—
(a)a drug generally known to users as a compounded article or a drug not recognised by the British pharmacopoeia if such drug is mixed with any ingredient or material not injurious and not intended fraudulently to increase its bulk, weight, or measure, or to conceal its inferior quality; or
(b)a drug supplied by prescription or order signed by a medical practitioner for the medical practitioner’s patient, or a drug compounded and supplied by a registered pharmaceutical chemist; or
(c)a mixture exempted from this section by the regulations.
(4)No person shall sell any drug which is a mixture in respect of which this section has been contravened or has not been complied with.
109Examination and report upon articles advertised
(1)The chief executive may from time to time cause to be examined any drug or article which is advertised for the purpose of ascertaining its composition, properties, and efficiency, and shall compare the results of the examination with any advertisement which relates to the drug or article, and with the price at which it is sold, and shall prepare and forward to the Minister a report upon the whole matter, which may include any comment which the chief executive thinks desirable in the public interest.
(2)The chief executive may thereupon, with the approval of the Minister, cause the report to be published in the gazette and in any newspaper or public print which circulates within Queensland, and to be distributed among the public in any other way, and no action shall lie in respect of such publication or distribution; but no such approval shall be given and no such publication or distribution shall be made until a reasonable opportunity has been given to the manufacturer, importer, vendor, or owner of such drug or article, or the person’s agent, to place the person’s objections to the proposed publication before the chief executive.
(3)However, the chief executive shall have the power pending the consideration of any such objection to prohibit, by order, the sale or further advertisement of any such drug or article.
(4)In addition, any cost of publication or distribution incurred by the chief executive under this section shall be borne and paid by the importer, vendor, or owner of the drug or article.
(5)Any such report which has been published by the chief executive as aforesaid may be republished in any newspaper or public print, and no action shall lie against any person whomsoever in respect of such republication.
110Prohibition of sale of injurious articles etc.
(1)A regulation may prohibit the advertising or sale of any drug or article which, in the chief executive’s opinion is injurious to life or health, or which by reason of its inactivity or inefficiency is useless for the advertised purposes.
(2)However, a regulation may be made only if the manufacturer, importer, seller, or owner of the drug or article has been given a reasonable opportunity to object to the chief executive about the proposed prohibition.
(3)No person shall advertise or sell any drug or article in contravention of such prohibition, and no person shall print any advertisement so prohibited, and no proprietor, editor, publisher, or manager of a newspaper or other public print shall publish any advertisement so prohibited.
111Extension of ss 109 and 110
Sections 109 and 110 shall also apply to any article or apparatus alleged to be useful or efficacious in relieving human suffering, or in curing, overcoming, or alleviating any physical defect.
113Prohibition of sale of disinfectants and preservatives
(1)A regulation may prohibit the sale of any article as a disinfectant, germicide, antiseptic, preservative, or deodorant.
(2)However, a regulation may be made only if the manufacturer, importer, seller or owner of the article has been given a reasonable opportunity to object to the chief executive about the proposed prohibition.
(3)No person shall sell any article so prohibited.
114Labelling of disinfectants etc.
(1)A regulation may require a label to be supplied on or attached to a package of disinfectant, germicide, antiseptic or deodorant packed or enclosed for sale.
(2)A person must not sell, in a package, a disinfectant, germicide, antiseptic or deodorant that contravenes a requirement of a regulation made under subsection (1).
div hdg amd 1987 No. 22 s 27
124A[Repealed]
amd 1975 No. 70s 28 sch 1; 1987 No. 22s 44; 1995 No. 57s 4sch 1; 1998 No. 41s 14(1)sch 1; 2001 No. 78s 48
129A[Repealed]
129B[Repealed]
129C[Repealed]
129D[Repealed]
div hdg ins 1996 No. 60 s 10
129E[Repealed]
def standard amd 2000 No. 46 s 3 sch
def uniform standard sub 2000 No. 46 s 3 sch
129F[Repealed]
129G[Repealed]
129H[Repealed]
129I[Repealed]
div hdg amd 1973 No. 29 s 7; 1986 No. 36 s 60 (1) sch 6 pt 1
130A[Repealed]
130B[Repealed]
amd 1973 No. 29 s 9; 1986 No. 36 s 60 (1) sch 6 pt 1; 1995 No. 57 s 4 sch 1; 1998 No. 41 s 14 (1) sch 1
130C[Repealed]
130D[Repealed]
130E[Repealed]
130F[Repealed]
130G[Repealed]
130H[Repealed]
130I[Repealed]
130J[Repealed]
130K[Repealed]
130L[Repealed]
130LA[Repealed]
130M[Repealed]
130N[Repealed]
130O[Repealed]
amd 1986 No. 36 s 60 (1) sch 6 pt 1; 1988 No. 25 s 37
s 131 amd 1939 3 Geo 6 No. 34 s 8; 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 57 s 64; 1975 No. 70 s 28 sch 1; 1987 No. 22 ss 34, 44; 1988 No. 88 s 3 sch 1; R1 (see RA s 38); 1995 No. 57 s 4 sch 1
131A[Repealed]
amd 1966 No. 25 s 3; 1971 No. 20 s 15; 1986 No. 36 s 60 (1) sch 6 pt 1; 1987 No. 22 s 35
131B[Repealed]
div hdg ins 1971 No. 20 s 17
131C[Repealed]
131D[Repealed]
131E[Repealed]
131F[Repealed]
131G[Repealed]
131H[Repealed]
Division 6 Labelling of drugs and poisons
div hdg ins 1973 No. 29 s 12
131IDrugs and poisons to be labelled
(1)Every package containing any drug or poison for sale shall bear a label which complies in all respects with what is prescribed under a regulation.
(2)A person shall not sell a package containing any drug or poison unless the package bears such a label complying in all respects as aforesaid.
div hdg ins 1976 No. 88 s 10
131J[Repealed]
def pest control operator amd 1978 No. 65 s 13 (a); 1982 No. 57 s 32 (a)
def pesticide om 1978 No. 65 s 13 (b)
def prohibited pesticide ins 1978 No. 65 s 13 (b)
def regulated pesticide ins 1982 No. 57 s 32 (c)
131K[Repealed]
131KA[Repealed]
131KB[Repealed]
131L[Repealed]
131M[Repealed]
131N[Repealed]
131O[Repealed]
131P[Repealed]
131Q[Repealed]
131R[Repealed]
131S[Repealed]
131T[Repealed]
131U[Repealed]
131V[Repealed]
131W[Repealed]
div hdg ins 1987 No. 22 s 37
131WA[Repealed]
131WB[Repealed]
131WC[Repealed]
131WD[Repealed]
131WE[Repealed]
131WF[Repealed]
131WG[Repealed]
div hdg sub 2001 No. 78 s 51
132Regulations about drugs, articles, substances, appliances etc.
A regulation may be made about the following matters—
(a)prescribing standards for the composition, strength, weight, quantity, purity, or quality of any drug or article, or of any ingredient or component part thereof, or for the nature or proportion of any substance which may be mixed with or used in the preparation or preservation thereof, or prohibiting the addition of any article to any drug or article;
(b)the permitted variations (if any) from standards or from statements of measure or volume;
(c)prohibiting the addition of any specified thing, or of more than the specified quantity or proportion thereof, to any drug or article;
(d)prohibiting in the manufacture, preparation, storing, preservation, packing, or in the delivering or serving, of any drug or article for sale, the use of appliances containing any substance that may be specified and any substance in or exceeding any proportion that may be specified, and prohibiting the sale, use, serving, or supply of such appliances;
(e)the substances which shall not be used in making any package;
(f)securing the purity of water used in the preparation or manufacture of any drug or article, or used in any boiler producing steam for any process of such preparation or manufacture;
(g)securing the wholesomeness, cleanliness and freedom from contamination or adulteration of any drug or article in the course of its manufacture, preparation, storage, packing, carriage, transit or delivery;
(h)securing the cleanliness of places, receptacles, appliances, equipment, apparatus and vehicles used in such manufacture, preparation, storage, packing, carriage, transit or delivery;
(i)the powers of the chief executive with respect to securing the cleanliness of such places, appliances, equipment or apparatus;
(j)the clothing to be worn by persons engaged in such manufacture, preparation, storage, packing, carriage, transit or delivery;
(l)prescribing the places where drugs may, with the consent of the chief executive, be sold, manufactured, prepared, stored, packed, served, kept or had;
(m)prescribing the mode of labelling any drug or article sold in packages, and the matter to be contained or not to be contained in such labels;
(n)exempting any package or any drug or article from any provision of this Act relating to labelling;
(o)the degree of approximation allowed between the weight or measure of the drug or article and the weight or measure indicated on the label;
(p)requiring labels that may be specified to be written on or attached to any drug or article, or to packages containing such drug or article, and prohibiting the use in such labels of words that may be specified;
(q)prescribing the statement of measure or volume in labels;
(r)prohibiting the use of the word ‘pure’ or any like word;
(s)regulating and controlling and, where deemed necessary, prohibiting or restricting advertisements (written or oral), circulars, posters, notices, pamphlets, or other printed or pictorial matter or statements or claims conveyed by radio relating to drugs or articles for sale, and prohibiting the use in such advertisements, circulars, posters, notices, pamphlets, or other printed or pictorial matter or spoken statements or claims of any statement, claim, design, device, fancy name, or abbreviation which is false or misleading in any particular whatsoever;
(t)defining or prescribing poisons or restricted drugs or controlled drugs or biological preparations;
(u)regulating and controlling and, as deemed necessary, prohibiting or restricting the ownership, possession, manufacture, cultivation, sale, distribution, supply, use, lending, dispensing, prescribing, or giving away of, or forging and uttering of prescriptions for or any other dealing with poisons, restricted drugs, controlled drugs, biological preparations or goods for therapeutic use under and within the meaning of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 (Cwlth);
(v)the licensing of persons or classes of persons to manufacture, pack, re-pack or sell poisons or restricted drugs or controlled drugs, or biological preparations or goods for therapeutic use under and within the meaning of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 (Cwlth);
(w)the siting, construction, layout, condition and registration of licensee’s premises;
(x)regulating the supply of drugs to drug dependent persons;
(za)the registration by the chief executive of premises in which medicines, mixtures, compounds and drugs are dispensed (other than a dispensary in any public sector hospital within the meaning of the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011 or premises in which medicines, mixtures, compounds or drugs are dispensed by a person (not being a pharmacist) authorised so to do under this Act) or items of trade are sold or services in conjunction with such dispensing are provided;
(zb)the siting, construction, layout and condition of such premises;
(zc)prescribing the method of analysis of any drug;
(zd)the conditions on which endorsements may be granted, suspended, or revoked;
(ze)prescribing the fees payable for—
(i)an application for, or renewal of, an endorsement; or
(ii)an application for an amendment of, or the repeal of a decision to suspend or cancel, an endorsement; or
(iii)the analysis of a drug or article by a State analyst;
Standards for composition etc.
(zf)prescribing standards for the composition or quality of any article, or of any ingredient or component part thereof, or for the nature or proportion of any substance which may be mixed or used in the preparation thereof, or prohibiting the addition of any substance to any article;
Mode of packing etc.
(zg)prescribing the mode of packing, labelling, branding, or marking, any article;
(zh)fixing rates for payment for samples of drugs or articles taken or obtained under this Act.
pres s 132 (prev s 152) amd 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 57 s 73; 1960 No. 49 s 2; 1962 No. 27 s 12; 1967 No. 20 s 5; 1971 No. 20 ss 2, 23; 1973 No. 29 s 15; 1975 No. 70 ss 23(1), 28 sch 1; 1976 No. 88 s 12; 1978 No. 65 s 20; 1979 No. 46 s 2; 1981 No. 44 s 4 sch 1; 1986 No. 36 s 60 (1) sch 6 pt 1; 1987 No. 22 ss 41, 44; 1988 No. 25 s 41; 1991 No. 24 s 7.3 sch 3; 1992 No. 66 s 40; 1995 No. 57 s 4 sch 1; 1996 No. 60 s 17; 1998 No. 41 s 14 schs 1–2; 2001 No. 12 s 245 sch 2; 2001 No. 78 ss 51, 53
amd 2011 No. 41 s 20; 2011 No. 32 s 332 sch 1 pt 2 (amd 2012 No. 9 s 47)
133Suggestive names for drugs
(1)No drug sold under any fancy or suggestive or proprietary or registered name, which is a substitute or is intended to be or may be used as a substitute, either wholly or in part, for any drug, shall, by reason only being so sold under such name, be exempt from this Act.
(2)Nothing in this Act shall be construed as requiring proprietors or manufacturers of proprietary drugs which contain no unwholesome added ingredient to disclose their trade formulae except in so far as this Act may require to secure freedom from adulteration or false description or to secure the prescribed declaration of any drug or substance.
Part 4A Monitoring, investigation and enforcement
pt hdg prev pt 4A hdg ins 1945 9 Geo 6 No. 9 s 6
div hdg ins 2001 No. 78 s 55
134Application of pt 4A
This part applies for the purposes of the following (the relevant provisions)—
(a)part 4, divisions 1, 2, 6 and 10;
(b)a regulation made under part 4, division 1, 2, 6 or 10.
136Definitions for pt 4A
conviction, relating to an offence against a relevant provision or this part, means being found guilty of the offence, on a plea of guilty or otherwise, whether or not a conviction is recorded.
document certification requirement means a document certification requirement under section 153N (5).
document production requirement means a document production requirement under section 153N (6).
endorsement means an endorsement as defined under a regulation made under section 132.
offence against a relevant provision, includes an offence under section 175 relating to a relevant provision.
personal particulars requirement means a personal particulars requirement under section 153L (5).
137Appointment and qualifications
138Appointment conditions and limit on powers
(2)The instrument of appointment, a signed notice given to the inspector or a regulation may limit the inspector’s powers under this part.
139Issue of identity card
(c)identify the person as an inspector under this part; and
(3)This section does not prevent the issue of a single identity card to a person for this part and other purposes.
140Production or display of identity card
(1)In exercising a power under this part in relation to a person, an inspector must—
(3)For subsection (1), an inspector does not exercise a power in relation to a person only because the inspector has entered a place as mentioned in section 144 (1) (b) or (2).
140A[Repealed]
s 140A (prev s 140 (3)–(4)) amd 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 57 s 69; 1981 No. 44 s 4 sch 1
141When inspector ceases to hold office
(c)the inspector’s resignation under section 142 takes effect.
142Resignation
143Return of identity card
Division 3 Powers of inspectors
div hdg ins 2001 No. 78 s 56
sdiv hdg ins 2001 No. 78 s 56
144Power to enter places
(d)the entry is to account for controlled drugs, restricted drugs or poisons kept at the place by the holder of an endorsement and the place is open for carrying on business or otherwise open for entry.
(3) Subsection (4) applies if the holder of an endorsement is an individual who carries on business at a place and also resides at the place.
(4) Subsection (1) (d) does not authorise an inspector to enter a part of the place in which the individual resides.
145Consent to entry
(1)This section applies if an inspector intends to ask an occupier of a place to consent to the inspector or another inspector entering the place under section 144 (1) (a).
146Application for warrant
s 146 prev s 146 amd 1939 3 Geo 6 No. 34 s 10; 1973 No. 29 s 14; 1976 No. 88 s 11 ; 1986 No. 36 s 60 (1) sch 6 pt 1
147Issue of warrant
(a)there is a particular thing or activity (the evidence) that may provide evidence of an offence against a relevant provision or this part; and
148Special warrant
s 148 prev s 148 amd 1978 No. 65 s 19; 1981 No. 44 s 4 sch 1; 1986 No. 36 s 60 (1) sch 6 pt 1
149Warrant—procedure before entry
(b)give the person a copy of the warrant or, if the entry is authorised by a facsimile warrant or warrant form mentioned in section 148 (6), a copy of the facsimile warrant or warrant form;
150Stopping motor vehicles
(1)This section applies if an inspector suspects on reasonable grounds, or is aware, that a thing in or on a motor vehicle may provide evidence of an offence against a relevant provision or this part.
(3)Despite section 140, for the purpose of exercising a power under subsection (2) (a), the inspector must—
motor vehicle means a vehicle propelled by a motor that forms part of the vehicle, and includes a trailer attached to the vehicle.
151General powers after entering place
(3)For monitoring or enforcing compliance with a relevant provision or this part, the inspector may—
(d)take an extract from, or copy of, a document at the place; or
(g)require the occupier of the place, or a person at the place, to give the inspector information to help the inspector find out whether a relevant provision or this part is being complied with.
(4)When making a requirement under subsection (3) (f) or (g), the inspector must warn the person it is an offence not to comply with the requirement unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
152Failure to help inspector
(1)A person required to give reasonable help under section 151 (3) (f) must comply with the requirement, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
(2)If an individual is required under section 151 (3) (f) to give information or produce a document, it is a reasonable excuse for the individual not to comply with the requirement that complying with the requirement might tend to incriminate the individual.
152A[Repealed]
153Failure to give information
(1)A person of whom a requirement is made under section 151 (3) (g) must comply with the requirement, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
sdiv hdg ins 2001 No. 78 s 57
153ASeizing evidence at a place that may be entered without consent or warrant
An inspector who enters a place that may be entered under this division without the consent of the occupier and without a warrant, may seize a thing at the place if the inspector reasonably believes the thing is evidence of an offence against a relevant provision or this part.
153BSeizing evidence at a place that may only be entered with consent or warrant
(a)the inspector reasonably believes the thing is evidence of an offence against a relevant provision or this part; and
(a)the thing is evidence of an offence against a relevant provision or this part; and
(5)Also, the inspector may seize a thing at the place if the inspector reasonably believes it has just been used in committing an offence against a relevant provision or this part.
153CSecuring seized thing
153DTampering with seized thing
153EPowers to support seizure
153FReceipt for seized thing
153GForfeiture of seized thing
(c)reasonably believes it is necessary to keep the thing to prevent it being used to commit an offence against a relevant provision or this part.
(a) subsection (1) (a) does not require the inspector to make inquiries if it would be unreasonable to make inquiries to find the owner; and
(b) subsection (1) (b) does not require the inspector to make efforts if it would be unreasonable to make efforts to return the thing to its owner.
(3)If the inspector makes a decision under subsection (1) (c), resulting in the thing being forfeited to the State, the inspector must immediately give the owner a written notice stating—
(b)that the owner may appeal against the decision within 28 days; and
(c)how the owner may appeal against the decision.
(b)it is impracticable or would be unreasonable to give the notice.
(b)in deciding whether it would be unreasonable to give the written notice.
153HForfeiture on conviction
(1)On the conviction of a person for an offence against a relevant provision or this part, the court may order the forfeiture to the State of—
(b)if the thing has been seized, whether or not the thing has been returned to its owner.
153IDealing with forfeited things etc.
(3)Despite subsection (1), the chief executive must not deal with the thing in a way that could prejudice the outcome of an appeal, relevant to the thing, of which the chief executive is aware.
153JReturn of seized thing
(b)if a proceeding for an offence against a relevant provision or this part involving the thing is started within 6 months, at the end of the proceeding and any appeal from the proceeding.
(2)Despite subsection (1), unless the thing is forfeited, the inspector must immediately return a thing seized as evidence to its owner if the inspector stops being satisfied its continued retention as evidence is necessary.
153KAccess to seized thing
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if it is impracticable or would be unreasonable to allow the inspection or copying.
sdiv hdg ins 2001 No. 78 s 58
153LPower to require name and address
(a)an inspector finds a person committing an offence against a relevant provision or this part; or
(b)an inspector finds a person in circumstances that lead, or has information about a person that leads, the inspector to reasonably suspect the person has just committed an offence against a relevant provision or this part.
153MFailure to give name or address
(a)the person was required to state the person’s name and residential address by an inspector who suspected the person had committed an offence against a relevant provision or this part; and
153NPower to require production of documents
(a)a document issued to the person under a relevant provision; or
(b)a document required to be kept by the person under a relevant provision.
(3)If the inspector copies a document mentioned in subsection (1) (b), or an entry in the document, the inspector may require the person responsible for keeping the document to certify the copy as a true copy of the document or entry.
153OFailure to produce document
153PFailure to certify copy of document
153QPower to require information
(a)an offence against a relevant provision or this part has been committed; and
(2)The inspector may, by written notice given to the person, require the person to give information about the offence to the inspector at a stated reasonable time and place.
Division 4 General enforcement matters
div hdg ins 2001 No. 78 s 58
153RCompliance notice
(i)is contravening a relevant provision or a provision of this part; or
(ii)has contravened a relevant provision or a provision of this part in circumstances that make it likely the contravention will continue or be repeated; and
(ii)has contravened a relevant provision or a provision of this part in circumstances that make it likely that the contravention will continue or be repeated; and
153SNotice of damage
153TCompensation
(1)A person may claim compensation from the State if the person incurs loss or expense because of the exercise or purported exercise of a power under any of the following subdivisions of division 3—
(a)subdivision 1 (Entry of places)
(b)subdivision 3 (Powers after entry)
(b)for an offence against a relevant provision or this part brought against the person claiming compensation.
153UFalse or misleading statements
153VFalse or misleading documents
153WObstructing inspector
153XImpersonation of inspector
153YDealing with certain things
(1)If an inspector takes a thing under section 151 (3) (c), the inspector must—
(c)deal with 1 of the remaining parts under section 153ZD; and
(2) Subsection (3) applies if a thing is in more than 1 package and the inspector reasonably believes that, because of the size of the packages, dividing 1 package of the thing for analysis into 3 separate parts would—
(4) Subsections (1) to (3) do not apply to a thing to the extent that, because of its nature, it is impossible or impractical to deal with it in the way mentioned in the subsections.
Division 5 Analysis of things
div hdg ins 2001 No. 78 s 59
153Z Appointment and qualifications
(2)However, the chief executive may appoint a person as a State analyst only if the chief executive is satisfied the person is qualified for appointment because the person has the necessary expertise or experience.
153ZA Appointment conditions and limit on powers
(2)The instrument of appointment, a signed notice given to the State analyst or a regulation may limit the State analyst’s powers under this part.
153ZB When State analyst ceases to hold office
(c)the State analyst’s resignation under section 153ZC takes effect.
(2) Subsection (1) does not limit the ways a State analyst may cease to hold office.
153ZC Resignation
153ZD Analysis
(1)If an inspector who, under section 151 (3) (c), takes a thing for analysis is not a State analyst, the inspector must, as soon as practicable, give it to a State analyst for analysis.
(3)If an inspector who takes a thing as mentioned in subsection (1) is a State analyst, the inspector must, as soon as practicable, complete a certificate of analysis for the thing.
(4)For dealing with a part of a thing mentioned in section 153Y (1) (c), subsections (1) and (3) apply as if a reference to a thing were a reference to a part.
153ZE Certificate must indicate methodology used
div hdg ins 2001 No. 78 s 60
sdiv hdg ins 2001 No. 78 s 60
153ZF Application of division
This division applies to a proceeding under a relevant provision or this part.
Subdivision 2 Evidence
153ZG Appointments and authority
(a)the chief executive’s appointment; or
(b)the appointment of an inspector or State analyst; or
(c)the authority of the chief executive, an inspector or State analyst to do anything under this part.
153ZH Signatures
153ZI Evidentiary aids
(a)a stated document is an appointment, endorsement or notice made, given, issued or kept under a relevant provision or this part;
(b)a stated document is a document given to the chief executive under a relevant provision;
(d)on a stated day, or during a stated period, a stated person was or was not the holder of an endorsement;
(e)on a stated day, or during a stated period, an endorsement—
(f)on a stated day, an endorsement was suspended or cancelled;
(h)on a stated day, a stated person was given a stated notice under this part;
(i)on a stated day, a stated requirement was made under a relevant provision or this part of a stated person.
(2)A statement in a complaint for an offence against a relevant provision or this part that the matter of the complaint came to the knowledge of the complainant on a stated day is evidence of when the matter came to the complainant’s knowledge.
(3)A certificate purporting to be that of a State analyst in relation to a thing taken by an inspector at a place under section 151 (3) (c), or seized under section 153A or 153B, stating any of the following matters is evidence of the matters—
(4)In a proceeding in which the chief executive applies under section 153ZK to recover costs incurred by the chief executive, a certificate by the chief executive stating that stated costs were incurred and the way in which, and purpose for which, they were incurred is evidence of the matters stated.
Subdivision 3 Proceedings
153ZJ Summary proceedings for offences against a relevant provision or this part
(1)A proceeding for an offence against a relevant provision or this part is to be taken in a summary way under the Justices Act 1886 .
153ZK Recovery of costs of investigation
(a)a court convicts a person of an offence against a relevant provision or this part; and
153ZL Application for order for payment of costs under s 153ZK
(1)An application to a court under section 153ZK is, and any order made by the court on the application is, a judgment in the court’s civil jurisdiction.
153ZM Responsibility for acts or omissions of representatives
(1)This section applies in a proceeding for an offence against a relevant provision or this part.
153ZN Executive officer may be taken to have committed offence
(1)If a corporation commits an offence against a provision of this Act, each executive officer of the corporation is taken to have also committed the offence if—
(a)the officer authorised or permitted the corporation's conduct constituting the offence; or
div hdg ins 2001 No. 78 s 61
153ZO Who may appeal
An owner of a thing forfeited to the State under section 153G (1) (c) who is dissatisfied with the decision resulting in the forfeiture may appeal against the decision.
153ZP Starting an appeal
(1)An appeal may be started at—
(a)the Magistrates Court nearest the place where the person lives or carries on business; or
(b)a Magistrates Court at Brisbane.
(2)The notice of appeal under the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 must be filed with the registrar of the court within 28 days after—
(a)if the person is given notice of the decision under section 153G (3)—the day the person is given the notice; or
(b)if paragraph (a) does not apply—the day the person otherwise becomes aware of the forfeiture.
(3)The court may, at any time, extend the time for filing the notice of appeal.
153ZQ Hearing procedures
(1)In hearing the appeal, the court is not bound by the rules of evidence and must comply with natural justice.
(2)The appeal is by way of rehearing, unaffected by the inspector’s decision, on the material before the inspector and any further evidence allowed by the court.
153ZR Powers of court on appeal
(1)In deciding the appeal, the court may confirm the inspector’s decision or substitute another decision for the inspector’s decision.
(2)The chief executive or inspector must give effect to the court’s decision.
153ZS Appeal to District Court
An appeal lies to the District Court from a decision of a Magistrates Court under section 153ZR, but only on a question of law.
153ZT Protecting officials from liability
(1)An official is not civilly liable for an act done, or omission made, honestly and without negligence under a relevant provision or this part.
(c)a person acting under the direction of an inspector.
154A[Repealed]
154B[Repealed]
154C[Repealed]
154D[Repealed]
154E[Repealed]
154F[Repealed]
154AF[Repealed]
154G[Repealed]
Part 4B [Repealed]
pt hdg ins 1945 9 Geo 6 No. 9 s 7
154H[Repealed]
154I[Repealed]
154J[Repealed]
154K[Repealed]
154KA[Repealed]
154L[Repealed]
pt hdg ins 1964 No. 71 s 6
154M[Repealed]
154N[Repealed]
154O[Repealed]
168A[Repealed]
168B[Repealed]
175General penalty
177[Repealed]
178Evidence
In any legal proceeding under this Act—
(f)where it is necessary or proper to prove in respect of any particular article or substance that it conforms to any of the following descriptions, namely—
(i)that it is a poison; or
(ii)that it consists of or contains poison; or
(iii)that it is a restricted drug; or
(iv)that it is a controlled drug;
then in every such case—
(v)evidence that any substance commonly sold under the same name or description as the said particular article or substance conforms to any of the descriptions contained in subparagraph (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) shall be prima facie evidence that the said particular article or substance also conforms to the same description accordingly;
(vi)evidence that any particular article or substance bears any inscription required by the regulations in respect of any substance or class of substances shall be prima facie evidence that that particular article or substance is a substance, or belongs to the class of substances, in respect of which that inscription is so required;
(vii)evidence that the container in which any particular article or substance is contained is labelled as required, or bears any inscription required by the regulations in respect of containers containing any substance or class of substances shall be prima facie evidence that that particular article or substance is a substance, or belongs to a class of substances, the containers of which are so required to be labelled or to bear that inscription.
s 178 amd 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 57 s 81; 1971 No. 20 s 2; 1976 No. 41 s 6; 1986 No. 36 s 60 (1) sch 6 pt 1; 1990 No. 59 s 2.10; 1995 No. 57 s 4 sch 1; 1996 No. 60 s 16; 1998 No. 41 s 14 (1) sch 1; 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1
180Regulation-making power
(2)A regulation may be made under this section with respect to any of the following matters—
(f)prescribing penalties of not more than 80 penalty units for offences against a regulation.
exp 28 November 1995 (see s 181 (2))
pt hdg ins 1995 No. 57 s 4 sch 1
AIA s 20A applies (see s 183 (4)
exp 28 November 1995 (see s 183 (5))
183A[Repealed]
exp 2 February 1996 (see s 183A (3))
pt hdg ins 2001 No. 78 s 64
Division 1 Transitional provisions for Health Legislation Amendment Act 2001
div hdg ins 2008 No. 53 s 13
184Transitional provision for things done etc. before this section commences
(1) Subsection (2) applies in relation to anything done, omitted or started under, or in relation to, a section 184 provision before the commencement.
(2)The pre-amended Act continues to apply as if the Health Legislation Amendment Act 2001 had not been passed.
(3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not limit the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , section 20.
(4)Without limiting subsections (1) to (3), a proceeding for an offence against a section 184 provision committed before the commencement may be started or continued, and the pre-amended Act applies in relation to the proceeding, as if the Health Legislation Amendment Act 2001 had not been passed.
relevant provision means a relevant provision as in force before the commencement.
repealed provision means any of sections 132 to 151 of the pre-amended Act.
section 184 provision means a relevant provision or a repealed provision.
185Transitional provisions about certain authorities
(1) Subsection (2) applies if, immediately before the commencement, a person’s authority under section D2 of the repealed regulation to take an old action in relation to all dangerous drugs and restricted drugs was cancelled under section D3 of that regulation.
(2)To remove any doubt, it is declared that starting on the commencement, the person’s authority under the new regulation to take a new action in relation to all controlled drugs and restricted drugs is taken to be cancelled by a decision of the chief executive properly made under chapter 1, part 5, division 4 of the new regulation, and subject to subsection (5), continues to be cancelled.
(3) Subsection (4) applies if, immediately before the commencement, a person’s authority under section D2 of the repealed regulation to take an old action in relation to a particular substance that was a dangerous drug or restricted drug under that regulation was cancelled under section D3 of that regulation.
(4)To remove any doubt, it is declared that starting on the commencement, the person’s authority under the new regulation to take a new action in relation to the substance is taken to be cancelled by a decision of the chief executive properly made under chapter 1, part 5, division 4 of the new regulation, and subject to subsection (5), continues to be cancelled.
(5) Subsections (2) and (4) do not prevent the chief executive repealing, under section 26A of the new regulation, the decision of the chief executive.
commencement means the commencement of the new regulation.
new action means administer, dispense, issue, obtain, possess, including possess at a particular place, prescribe, sell or supply.
new regulation means the Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 1996 .
old action means administer, buy, dispense, obtain, possess, including possess on particular premises or at a particular place, prescribe, procure or offer to procure, sell, or supply or offer to supply.
repealed regulation means the Poisons Regulation 1973 .
div hdg ins 2008 No. 53 s 14