Pharmacy Act 1964 (ACT)

1964 Pharmacy No. 22

PHARMACY

No. 22 of 1964.

An Ordinance to amend the Pharmacy Ordinance

1931-1959.

1.—(1.) This Ordinance may be cited as the Pharmacy Ordinance 1964.*

(2.) The Pharmacy Ordinance 1931-1959,f as amended by this Ordinance, may be cited as the Pharmacy Ordinance 1931-1964.

2. Section forty-seven of the Pharmacy Ordinance 1931-1959 is repealed and the following section inserted in its stead:—

"47.—(1.) In this section—

' controlled therapeutic substance ' has the same meaning

as in the Therapeutic Substances Act 1953-1959;

' the Australian Pharmaceutical Formulary ' means—

(a) the latest edition for the time being of the book called the Australian Pharmaceu- tical Formulary, published by the Pharmaceutical Association of Australia; or

t Ordinance No. 10, 1931; as amended by No. 21, 1933; No. 27, 1937; and No. 21, 1959.

(b) if that edition has been added to or amended—that edition as affected by those additions or amendments.

" (2.) A registered pharmacist shall not use or supply, or permit the use or supply of a drug or medicinal preparation that is not—

(a) in the case of a drug or medicinal preparation that is a controlled therapeutic substance, of the standard applicable to that controlled thera- peutic substance under the Therapeutic Sub- stances Act 1953-1959; or

•Made on 11 December, 1964; notified in the Commonwealth Gazette and commenced on 14 January, 1965.

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(b) in the case of a drug or medicinal preparation (other than a controlled therapeutic substance) for which a standard is specified in the Aus- tralian Pharmaceutical Formulary, of the stan- dard specified for that drug or medicinal pre- paration in the Australian Pharmaceutical Formulary.

Penalty: One hundred pounds.