South Australian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

PHARMACISTS ACT 1991 - SECT 4

4—Interpretation

        (1)         In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—

"the Board" means the Pharmacy Board of South Australia;

"company" means a company as defined in section 9 of the Corporations Law ;

"director" of a company includes—

            (a)         any person occupying or acting in the position of director of the company (whether validly appointed to occupy, or duly authorised to act in, that position or not); and

            (b)         any person in accordance with whose directions or instructions the directors of the company are accustomed to act;

"domestic partner" means a person who is a domestic partner within the meaning of the Family Relationships Act 1975 , whether declared as such under that Act or not;

"equipment" includes appliances or instruments used in, or for the purposes of, practising pharmacy;

"inspector" means a person authorised by the Board to exercise the powers of an inspector under this Act;

"pharmacy" means the supply of a drug or medicine on the prescription of a medical practitioner, dentist, veterinary surgeon or other person authorised to prescribe the drug or medicine;

"prescribed relative", in relation to a pharmacist, means a parent, spouse, domestic partner, child or grandchild of the pharmacist;

"record" means—

            (a)         a documentary record;

            (b)         a record made by an electronic, electro-magnetic, photographic or optical process;

            (c)         any other kind of record;

"registered" means registered under this Act;

"the Registrar" means the Registrar of the Board;

"share", in relation to a company, includes a right to participate in the distribution of the profits of the company;

"spouse"—a person is the spouse of another if they are legally married.

        (2)         For the purposes of this Act, a pharmacist whose registration is under suspension will be regarded as unregistered.

        (3)         A reference in this Act to pharmacy extends, in relation to a registered pharmacist, to any service or advice provided by the pharmacist in or in connection with his or her practice.

Note—

For definition of divisional penalties (and divisional expiation fees) see Appendix.