Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) In this
regulation —
authorised person means a person authorised to
manufacture, distribute, sell or possess any drug of addiction, other than a
person having possession of a drug of addiction by the authority of a
prescription issued by a medical practitioner, dentist or veterinary surgeon
to the extent shown in the prescription.
(2) An authorised
person must maintain a register of the drugs of addiction manufactured,
procured, used, supplied or kept by, or on behalf of, the person.
(3) An authorised
person is to record, or cause to be recorded, in the register, in relation to
each transaction involving a drug of addiction —
(a) the
name, quantity and form of the drug; and
(b) the
date of the transaction; and
(c) the
name and address of each other person or firm involved in the transaction; and
(d) the
name of the person who issued the prescription or order; and
(e) the
amount of the drug remaining on hand after the transaction; and
(f) if
the authorised person is a pharmacist, the identifying number of the
prescription; and
(g) if
the authorised person is a manufacturer or distributor, an identifying number
of the order or other authority on which the drug is supplied,
and, if the register
is maintained on paper, is to sign that entry in the register.
(3a) An authorised
person is to record, or cause to be recorded, in the Register the result of
each inventory made by the authorised person under regulation 45 on the
day on which the inventory is made.
(4) The register must
be maintained in such a way that at any time the amount of each drug of
addiction manufactured, procured, used, supplied or kept by the authorised
person is clearly apparent.
(5) An authorised
person must —
(a)
maintain a separate register for each location at which the person
manufactures, procures, uses, supplies or keeps drugs of addiction; and
(b) keep
the register at that location.
[Regulation 44 inserted in Gazette
29 Feb 2000 p. 992‑3; amended in Gazette
14 Sep 2001 p. 5076; 7 Nov 2008 p. 4812;
1 Oct 2010 p. 5079‑80.]