Health Act 1937

An Act about particular matters relating to public health

Long title amd 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1

1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Health Act 1937.

5Interpretation

In this Act—

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.

s 5 def advertisement amd 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 57 s 3(a); 1981 No. 44 s 4 sch 1

air cushion vehicle ...

s 5 def air cushion vehicle ins 1975 No. 70 s 4 (a)

om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1

analyse, for part 4A, see section 136.

s 5 def analyse ins 2001 No. 78 s 45 (2)

analyst ...

s 5 def analyst sub 1990 No. 59 s 2.2(a)

amd 1995 No. 57 s 4 sch 1

sub 2001 No. 78 s 45

om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1

approved form see section 15A.

s 5 def approved form ins 1995 No. 57 s 4 sch 1

Area ...

s 5 def Area om 1993 No. 70 s 804 sch

article—

(a)without limit to the generality of its meaning, includes—

(i)any textile product, any toys, any medical or surgical apparatus or appliance, any absorbent wool or surgical dressing, and also includes boots, shoes, paint, poisons, drugs, biological preparations, pesticides, detergents, dangerous substances; and

(ii)substances declared under a regulation to be articles.

s 5 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

sub 2016 No. 53 s 222(1)

amd 2019 No. 13 s 12(1)–(2)

authorised person ...

s 5 def authorised person om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1

baker ...

s 5 def baker om 1981 No. 44 s 4 sch 1

barber ...

s 5 def barber amd 1978 No. 65 s 4 (b)

om 2003 No. 81 s 162 sch 1

barber’s shop ...

s 5 def barber’s shop om 2003 No. 81 s 162 sch 1

biological preparation means every substance prescribed as such.

British pharmaceutical codex ...

s 5 def British pharmaceutical codex ins 1976 No. 41 s 2

om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1

British pharmacopoeia means the British pharmacopoeia as in force in Queensland for the time being under the Drugs Standard Adopting Act 1976.

s 5 def British pharmacopoeia sub 1976 No. 41 s 2

British veterinary codex ...

s 5 def British veterinary codex ins 1976 No. 41 s 2

om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1

By-laws ...

s 5 def By-laws om 1993 No. 70 s 804 sch

chemist ...

s 5 def chemist or pharmaceutical chemist om 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 57 s 3(c)

chief executive (child safety) ...

s 5 def chief executive (child safety) ins 2004 No. 36 s 64 (2)

om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1

chief health officer ...

s 5 def chief health officer ins 1992 No. 66 s 35 (1)

om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1

child ...

s 5 def child ins 2004 No. 36 s 64 (2)

om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1

communicable disease ...

s 5 def communicable disease ins 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 57 s 3(d)

om 1988 No. 25 s 5 (a)

controlled drug means an article or substance prescribed under a regulation to be a controlled drug.

s 5 def controlled drug ins 1996 No. 60 s 7 (3)

daily penalty ...

s 5 def daily penalty om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1

dairy produce ...

s 5 def dairy produce om 1981 No. 44 s 4 sch 1

dangerous drug ...

s 5 def dangerous drug om 1996 No. 60 s 7 (1)

dangerous substance ...

s 5 def dangerous substance ins 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 57 s 3(e)

om 1987 No. 22 s 5 (a)

day hospital ...

s 5 def day hospital ins 1992 No. 66 s 35 (1)

om 1993 No. 79 s 25

dentist ...

s 5 def dentist sub 2001 No. 4 s 267 sch 2

om 2010 No. 14 s 124 sch

Deputy Director-General ...

s 5 def Deputy Director-General om 1991 No. 24 s 7.3 sch 3

Director-General ...

s 5 def Director-General om 1995 No. 57 s 4 sch 1

disposal ...

s 5 def disposal ins 1975 No. 70 s 4 (b)

om 1995 No. 52 s 13

district ...

s 5 def district ins 1996 No. 61 s 15 sch

om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1

document certification requirement, for part 4A, see section 136.

s 5 def document certification requirement ins 2001 No. 78 s 45 (2)

document production requirement, for part 4A, see section 136.

s 5 def document production requirement ins 2001 No. 78 s 45 (2)

drain ...

s 5 def drain om 1949 13 Geo 6 No. 55 s 27(i)

drug—

(a)without limiting the ordinary meaning of the term—

(i)means—any article used for or in the composition or preparation of medicine for internal or external consumption or use by humans; and

(ii)includes—

(A)disinfectants, germicides, antiseptics, pesticides, detergents, preservatives, deodorants, anaesthetics, tobacco, narcotics, soaps, cosmetics, dusting powders, essences, unguents, and all other toilet articles;

(B)goods for therapeutic use within the meaning of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 (Cwlth);

(C)an article or substance declared under a regulation to be a drug.

s 5 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

sub 2016 No. 53 s 222(2)

amd 2019 No. 13 s 12(3)–(4)

drug addict ...

s 5 def drug addict om 1988 No. 25 s 5 (b)

drug dependent person means a person—

(a)who, as a result of repeated administration to the person of controlled or restricted drugs or poisons—

(i)demonstrates impaired control; or

(ii)exhibits drug-seeking behaviour that suggests impaired control;

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.

s 5 def drug dependent person ins 1988 No. 25 s 5 (b)

amd 1990 No. 59 s 2.2(b); 1996 No. 60 s 7 (2)

endorsement, for part 4A, see section 136.

s 5 def endorsement ins 2001 No. 78 s 45 (2)

executive officer, for part 4A, see section 136.

s 5 def executive officer ins 2001 No. 78 s 45 (2)

food ...

s 5 def food om 1981 No. 44 s 4 sch 1

General fund ...

s 5 def General fund om 1993 No. 70 s 804 sch

harm ...

s 5 def harm ins 2004 No. 36 s 64 (2)

om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1

have in possession ...

s 5 def have in possession om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1

health practitioner registration Act ...

s 5 def health practitioner registration Act ins 1999 No. 58 s 429

amd 2001 No. 3 s 241 sch 2; 2001 No. 4 s 267 sch 2; 2001 No. 5 s 247 sch 2; 2001 No. 7 s 302 sch 2; 2001 No. 8 s 237 sch 2; 2001 No. 9 s 239 sch 2; 2001 No. 10 s 237 sch 2; 2001 No. 12 s 245 sch 2; 2001 No. 13 s 242 sch 2; 2001 No. 14 s 238 sch 2; 2001 No. 15 s 255 sch 2; 2001 No. 16 s 236 sch 2

sub 2010 No. 14 s 124 sch

amd 2012 No. 10 s 18

om 2013 No. 13 s 20 (1)

health service employee, for part 4A, see section 136.

s 5 def health service employee ins 2001 No. 78 s 45 (2)

hospital see the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011, schedule 2.

s 5 def hospital ins 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 57 s 3(g)

sub 1991 No. 24 s 7.3 sch 3

amd 2011 No. 32 s 332 sch 1pt 2 (amd 2012 No. 9 s 47)

house ...

s 5 def house amd 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 57 s 3(h); 1994 No. 87 s 3 sch 2

om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1

infectious disease ...

s 5 def infectious disease om 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 57 s 3(i)

injurious includes dangerous.

inspector means an inspector appointed under section 137.

s 5 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.

licence ...

s 5 def licence amd 1971 No. 20 s 2; 1975 No. 70 s 4 (c)

sub 1995 No. 57 s 4 sch 1

om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1

licensee ...

s 5 def licensee amd 1971 No. 20 s 2

om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1

local government ...

s 5 def local government om 1992 No. 66 s 35 (2)

Local Government Act ...

s 5 def Local Government Act sub 1993 No. 70 s 804 sch

om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1

manager ...

s 5 def manager ins 1996 No. 61 s 15 sch

om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1

meat ...

s 5 def meat sub 1964 No. 71 s 3

om 1981 No. 44 s 4 sch 1

medical officer of health ...

s 5 def medical officer of health amd 1987 No. 22 s 5 (b)

om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1

medical practitioner ...

s 5 def medical practitioner om 1992 No. 55 s 163 sch 2

Minister ...

s 5 def Minister om 1991 No. 97 s 3 sch 2

nightsoil ...

s 5 def nightsoil ins 1975 No. 70 s 4 (d)

om 1995 No. 52 s 13

notifiable disease ...

s 5 def notifiable disease amd 1988 No. 25 s 5 (c)

om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1

nurse ...

s 5 def nurse ins 2003 No. 9 s 6

om 2010 No. 14 s 124 sch

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.

s 5 def occupier amd 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1

offence against a relevant provision, for part 4A, see section 136.

s 5 def offence against a relevant provision ins 2001 No. 78 s 45 (2)

officer ...

s 5 def officer amd 2003 No. 68 s 38

om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1

official dose, when used with reference to any drug or other article, means the maximum dose (if any) stated in the British pharmacopoeia.

opium ...

s 5 def opium amd 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 57 s 3(j)

om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1

owner ...

s 5 def owner sub 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 57 s 3(k)

om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1

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.

paint ...

s 5 def paint amd 1973 No. 29 s 3 (a); 1982 No. 57 s 4 (a)

om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1

parent ...

s 5 def parent sub 2004 No. 36 s 64

om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1

person ...

s 5 def person om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1

personal particulars requirement, for part 4A, see section 136.

s 5 def personal particulars requirement ins 2001 No. 78 s 45 (2)

pesticide ...

s 5 def pesticide ins 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 57 s 3(l)

amd 1978 No. 65 s 4 (c); 1982 No. 57 s 4 (b)

om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1

pharmaceutical chemist ...

s 5 def pharmaceutical chemist ins 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 57 s 3(l)

om 1976 No. 88 s 3 (a)

pharmacist means a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law to practise in the pharmacy profession, other than as a student.

s 5 def pharmacist ins 1976 No. 88 s 3 (a)

sub 2001 No. 12 s 245 sch 2

amd 2010 No. 14 s 124 sch

place includes any house, building, ship, barge, boat, vehicle, car, station, wharf, shed, land, or premises.

poison—

(a)means every substance or article prescribed as such.

s 5 def poison sub 2016 No. 53 s 222(3)

amd 2019 No. 13 s 12(5)–(6)

premises includes messuages, buildings, lands, easements, and tenements of any tenure, and also any vehicle.

prescribed ...

s 5 def prescribed om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1

private health facility ...

s 5 def private health facility ins 1999 No. 60 s 165 sch 2

om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1

private hospital ...

s 5 def private hospital ins 1999 No. 60 s 165 sch 2

om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1

professional ...

s 5 def professional ins 2004 No. 36 s 64 (2)

om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1

prohibited article ...

s 5 def prohibited article om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1

prohibited plant ...

s 5 def prohibited plant ins 1971 No. 20 s 5 (b)

amd 1973 No. 29 s 3 (b); 1976 No. 88 s 3 (b)

om 1986 No. 36 s 60 (1) sch 6pt 1

Queensland Health Education Council ...

s 5 def Queensland Health Education Council ins 1945 9 Geo 6 No. 9 s 3

om 1987 No. 22 s 5 (c)

Queensland Radium Institute ...

s 5 def Queensland Radium Institute ins 1945 9 Geo 6 No. 9 s 3

om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1

registered nurse ...

s 5 def registered nurse ins 2004 No. 36 s 64 (2)

om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1

registrant means a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law.

s 5 def registrant ins 1999 No. 58 s 429

amd 2013 No. 13 s 20 (2)

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.

s 5 def registrant’s board ins 1999 No. 58 s 429

sub 2010 No. 14 s 124 sch

amd 2013 No. 13 s 20 (3)

regulations ...

s 5 def regulations om 1991 No. 97 s 3 sch 2

relevant provisions see section 134.

s 5 def relevant provisions ins 2001 No. 78 s 45 (2)

restricted drug means every substance or article prescribed as such.

road ...

s 5 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.

s 5 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 ...

s 5 def Sanitary convenience om 1993 No. 70 s 804 sch

school ...

s 5 def school om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1

Sewerage ...

s 5 def Sewerage om 1993 No. 70 s 804 sch

shoes ...

s 5 def shoes om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1

sole ...

s 5 def sole amd 1946 11 Geo 6 No. 9 s 2

om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1

State ...

s 5 def State om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1

State analyst means a State analyst appointed under section 153Z(1).

s 5 def State analyst ins 2001 No. 78 s 45 (2)

amd 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1

stormwater drain ...

s 5 def stormwater drain ins 1949 13 Geo 6 No. 55 s 27(ii)

om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1

substance includes a preparation, admixture, or derivative of a substance.

thing, for part 4A, see section 136.

s 5 def thing ins 2001 No. 78 s 45 (2)

this Act ...

s 5 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.

venereal disease ...

s 5 def venereal disease amd 1984 No. 103 s 2

om 1988 No. 25 s 5 (d)

vessel ...

s 5 def vessel amd 1975 No. 70 s 4 (e)

om 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1

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.

s 5 amd 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1

pt 2 div 2 hdg sub 1995 No. 57 s 4 sch 1

om 1998 No. 41 s 14 (1) sch 1

15AApproval of forms

The chief executive may approve forms for use under this Act.

s 15A ins 1995 No. 57 s 4 sch 1

amd 1998 No. 41 s 14 (1) sch 1

18AChief executive to give notice of proceedings to boards

(1)This section applies if—

(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.

s 18A ins 1999 No. 58 s 430

amd 2001 No. 78 s 46; 2010 No. 14 s 124 sch; 2011 No. 32 s 332 sch 1pt 2 (amd 2012 No. 9 s 47)

18BChief executive may inform boards about particular matters

(1)This section applies if the chief executive reasonably believes—

(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—

(a)for a registrant—to the registrant’s board; or

(b)for a veterinary surgeon—to the Veterinary Surgeons Board of Queensland.

s 18B ins 2003 No. 9 s 8

amd 2010 No. 14 s 124 sch

pt 4 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.

s 101 amd 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 57 s 52; 1978 No. 65 s 11; 1981 No. 44 s 4 sch 1; 1995 No. 57 s 4 sch 1

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.

s 101A amd 1996 No. 60 s 16

102Drugs to comply with description or standard

For the purposes of this Act—

(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.

s 102 prev s 102 sub 1976 No. 41 s 3

om 2005 No. 10 s 50 sch

pres s 102 ins 2006 No. 25 s 241 (2) sch 4

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.

(2)In this section—

employee or agent respectively include, but without limit to the generality of their meanings, a manager or representative of an employer or principal.

s 103 sub 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 57 s 53

amd 1981 No. 44 s 4 sch 1

pt 4 div 2 hdg amd 1981 No. 44 s 4 sch 1

hdg prec s 104 om 1994 No. 87 s 3 sch 2

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.

s 104 amd 1981 No. 44 s 4 sch 1

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.

s 104A ins 1941 5 Geo 6 No. 8 s 3

amd 1981 No. 44 s 4 sch 1

105Mixing other ingredients or material with a drug

(1)No person shall—

(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.

s 105 amd 1981 No. 44 s 4 sch 1; 1984 No. 22 s 13; 1994 No. 87 s 3 sch 2; 1995 No. 57 s 4 sch 1

106Offences in relation to automatic machines

(1)In this section—

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.

(4)Any person who—

(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;

commits an offence against this Act.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(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.

s 106 amd 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 57 s 55; 1964 No. 71 s 4; 1975 No. 70 s 28 sch 1; 1987 No. 22 s 44

sub 1988 No. 25 s 36

amd 1995 No. 57 s 4 sch 1

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.

s 107 amd 1981 No. 44 s 4 sch 1; 1995 No. 57 s 4 sch 1; 1996 No. 60 s 17

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.

s 109 amd 1981 No. 44 s 4 sch 1; 1995 No. 57 s 4 sch 1; 1998 No. 41 s 14 (1) sch 1

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.

s 110 amd 1962 No. 27 s 11; 1981 No. 44 s 4 sch 1; 1995 No. 57 s 4 sch 1; 1998 No. 41 s 14 (1) sch 1

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.

s 113 amd 1995 No. 57 s 4 sch 1; 1998 No. 41 s 14 (1) sch 1

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).

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

s 114 sub 1978 No. 65 s 12; 1995 No. 57 s 4 sch 1

pt 4 div 6 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.

s 131I ins 1973 No. 29 s 12

amd 1995 No. 57 s 4 sch 1

pt 4 div 10 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;

Conditions

(zd)the conditions on which endorsements may be granted, suspended, or revoked;

Fees

(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.

s 132 prev s 132 amd 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 57 s 65; 1981 No. 44 s 4 sch 1; 1987 No. 22 s 38; 1990 No. 59 s 2.9; 1995 No. 57 s 4 sch 1; 1998 No. 41 s 14 (1) sch 1

om 2001 No. 78 s 52

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 6pt 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

renum 2001 No. 78 s 54

amd 2011 No. 41 s 20; 2011 No. 32 s 332 sch 1pt 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.

s 133 prev s 133 amd 1971 No. 20 s 18; 1981 No. 44 s 4 sch 1

om 2001 No. 78 s 52

pres s 133 (prev s 153) amd 1981 No. 44 s 4 sch 1; 1995 No. 57 s 4 sch 1

renum 2001 No. 78 s 54

pt 4A hdg prev pt 4A hdg ins 1945 9 Geo 6 No. 9 s 6

om 1975 No. 70 s 25 (1)

pres pt 4A hdg ins 2001 No. 78 s 55

pt 4A div 1 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.

s 134 prev s 134 amd 1975 No. 70 s 21; 1981 No. 44 s 4 sch 1; 1984 No. 22 s 13; 1987 No. 22 s 39

om 2001 No. 78 s 52

pres s 134 ins 2001 No. 78 s 55

amd 2005 No. 48 s 492 sch 1

136Definitions for pt 4A

In this part—

analyse includes measure and test.

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.

executive officer, of a corporation, means a person who is concerned with, or takes part in, the corporation’s management, whether or not the person is a director or the person’s position is given the name of executive officer.

health service employee see the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011, schedule 2.

s 136 def health service employee sub 2011 No. 32 s 332 sch 1pt 2 (amd 2012 No. 9 s 47)

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).

thing includes a sample of, or from, a thing.

s 136 prev s 136 amd 1975 No. 70 s 28 sch 1; 1981 No. 44 s 4 sch 1; 1987 No. 22 ss 40, 44; 1995 No. 57 s 4 sch 1; 1998 No. 41 s 14 (1) sch 1

om 2001 No. 78 s 52

pres s 136 ins 2001 No. 78 s 55

pt 4A div 2 hdg ins 2001 No. 78 s 55

137Appointment and qualifications

(1)The chief executive may appoint any of the following persons as an inspector—

(a)an officer of the department;

(b)a health service employee;

(c)a person prescribed under a regulation.

(2)However, the chief executive may appoint a person as an inspector only if the chief executive is satisfied the person is qualified for appointment because the person has the necessary expertise or experience.

s 137 prev s 137 amd 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 57 s 66; 1975 No. 70 ss 22, 28 sch 1; 1981 No. 44 s 4 sch 1; 1987 No. 22 s 44; 1995 No. 57 s 4 sch 1; 1998 No. 41 s 14 (1) sch 1

om 2001 No. 78 s 52

pres s 137 ins 2001 No. 78 s 55

138Appointment conditions and limit on powers

(1)An inspector holds office on any conditions stated in—

(a)the inspector’s instrument of appointment; or

(b)a signed notice given to the inspector; or

(c)a regulation.

(2)The instrument of appointment, a signed notice given to the inspector or a regulation may limit the inspector’s powers under this part.

(3)In this section—

signed notice means a notice signed by the chief executive.

s 138 prev s 138 amd 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 57 s 67; 1975 No. 70 s 28 sch 1

om 1981 No. 44 s 4 sch 1

pres s 138 ins 2001 No. 78 s 55

139Issue of identity card

(1)The chief executive must issue an identity card to each inspector.

(2)The identity card must—

(a)contain a recent photo of the inspector; and

(b)contain a copy of the inspector’s signature; and

(c)identify the person as an inspector under this part; and

(d)state an expiry date for the card.

(3)This section does not prevent the issue of a single identity card to a person for this part and other purposes.

s 139 prev s 139 sub 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 57 s 68

amd 1981 No. 44 s 4 sch 1

om 2001 No. 78 s 52

pres s 139 ins 2001 No. 78 s 55

140Production or display of identity card

(1)In exercising a power under this part in relation to a person, an inspector must—

(a)produce the inspector’s identity card for the person’s inspection before exercising the power; or

(b)have the identity card displayed so it is clearly visible to the person when exercising the power.

(2)However, if it is not practicable to comply with subsection (1), the inspector must produce the identity card for the person’s inspection at the first reasonable opportunity.

(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).

s 140 prev s 140 amd 1981 No. 44 s 4 sch 1

om 2001 No. 78 s 52

pres s 140 ins 2001 No. 78 s 55

141When inspector ceases to hold office

(1)An inspector ceases to hold office if any of the following happens—

(a)the term of office stated in a condition of office ends;

(b)under another condition of office, the inspector ceases to hold office;

(c)the inspector’s resignation under section 142 takes effect.

(2)Subsection (1) does not limit the ways an inspector may cease to hold office.

(3)In this section—

condition of office means a condition on which the inspector holds office.

s 141 prev s 141 amd 1981 No. 44 s 4 sch 1

om 2001 No. 78 s 52

pres s 141 ins 2001 No. 78 s 55

142Resignation

(1)An inspector may resign by signed notice given to the chief executive.

(2)However, if holding office as an inspector is a condition of the inspector holding another office, the inspector may not resign as an inspector without resigning from the other office.

s 142 prev s 142 amd 1981 No. 44 s 4 sch 1; 1995 No. 57 s 4 sch 1

om 2001 No. 78 s 52

pres s 142 ins 2001 No. 78 s 55

143Return of identity card

A person who ceases to be an inspector must return the person’s identity card to the chief executive within 21 days after ceasing to be an inspector unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.

s 143 prev s 143 amd 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 57 s 70; 1975 No. 70 s 28 sch 1; 1981 No. 44 s 4 sch 1; 1987 No. 22 s 44; 1988 No. 88 s 3 sch 1; 1995 No. 57 s 4 sch 1

om 2001 No. 78 s 52

pres s 143 ins 2001 No. 78 s 55

pt 4A div 3 hdg ins 2001 No. 78 s 56

pt 4A div 3 sdiv 1 hdg ins 2001 No. 78 s 56

144Power to enter places

(1)An inspector may enter a place if—

(a)its occupier consents to the entry; or

(b)it is a public place and the entry is made when the place is open to the public; or

(c)the entry is authorised by a warrant; or

(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.

(2)For the purpose of asking the occupier of a place for consent to enter, an inspector may, without the occupier’s consent or a warrant—

(a)enter land around premises at the place to an extent that is reasonable to contact the occupier; or

(b)enter part of the place the inspector reasonably considers members of the public ordinarily are allowed to enter when they wish to contact the occupier.

(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.

s 144 prev s 144 amd 1971 No. 20 s 20; 1973 No. 29 s 13; 1981 No. 44 s 4 sch 1; 1996 No. 60 s 16

om 2001 No. 78 s 52

pres s 144 ins 2001 No. 78 s 56

pt 4A div 3 sdiv 2 hdg ins 2001 No. 78 s 56

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).

(2)Before asking for the consent, the inspector must tell the occupier—

(a)the purpose of the entry; and

(b)that the occupier is not required to consent.

(3)If the consent is given, the inspector may ask the occupier to sign an acknowledgment of the consent.

(4)The acknowledgment must state—

(a)the occupier has been told—

(i)the purpose of the entry; and

(ii)that the occupier is not required to consent; and

(b)the purpose of the entry; and

(c)the occupier gives the inspector consent to enter the place and exercise powers under this division; and

(d)the time and date the consent was given.

(5)If the occupier signs an acknowledgment, the inspector must immediately give a copy to the occupier.

(6)If—

(a)an issue arises in a proceeding about whether the occupier consented to the entry; and

(b)an acknowledgment complying with subsection (4) for the entry is not produced in evidence;

the onus of proof is on the person relying on the lawfulness of the entry to prove the occupier consented.

s 145 prev s 145 amd 1939 3 Geo 6 No. 34 s 9; 1959 8 Eliz 2 No. 57 s 71; 1971 No. 20 s 21; 1981 No. 44 s 4 sch 1

om 2001 No. 78 s 52

pres s 145 ins 2001 No. 78 s 56

146Application for warrant

(1)An inspector may apply to a magistrate for a warrant for a place.

(2)The application must be sworn and state the grounds on which the warrant is sought.

(3)The magistrate may refuse to consider the application until the inspector gives the magistrate all the information the magistrate requires about the application in the way the magistrate requires.

Example—

The magistrate may require additional information supporting the application to be given by statutory declaration.

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 6pt 1

om 2001 No. 78 s 52

pres s 146 ins 2001 No. 78 s 56

147Issue of warrant

(1)The magistrate may issue a warrant only if the magistrate is satisfied there are reasonable grounds for suspecting—

(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

(b)the evidence is at the place, or may be at the place within the next 7 days.

(2)The warrant must state—

(a)that a stated inspector may, with necessary and reasonable help and force—

(i)enter the place and any other place necessary for entry; and

(ii)exercise the inspector’s powers under this division; and

(b)the offence for which the warrant is sought; and

(c)the evidence that may be seized under the warrant; and

(d)the hours of the day or night when the place may be entered; and

(e)the date, within 14 days after the warrant’s issue, the warrant ends.

s 147 prev s 147 amd 1981 No. 44 s 4 sch 1; 1995 No. 57 s 4 sch 1; 1998 No. 41 s 14 (1) sch 1

om 2001 No. 78 s 52

pres s 147 ins 2001 No. 78 s 56