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Medicines Act 1981

Dealings with medicines and medical devices

17: Manufacturers, wholesalers, packers of medicines, and operators of pharmacies to be licensed

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"People making or selling medicines must have a licence"

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You need a licence to make, sell, pack, or label medicines, or to run a pharmacy, unless it says otherwise in sections 25 to 34 or in regulations made under this Act. You must follow the rules of your licence, which is issued under Part 3. If you do not have a licence and you make, sell, pack, or label medicines, or run a pharmacy, you can get a fine of up to $40,000.

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Part 2Dealings with medicines and medical devices

17Manufacturers, wholesalers, packers of medicines, and operators of pharmacies to be licensed

  1. Except as provided in sections 25 to 34, or as may be permitted by regulations made under this Act, no person shall, in the course of any business carried on by that person,—

  2. manufacture any medicine; or
    1. sell any medicine by wholesale; or
      1. pack or label any medicine; or
        1. operate any pharmacy,—
            1. otherwise than in accordance with a licence issued under Part 3.

          1. Every person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $40,000.

          Compare
          • 1960 No 97 ss 8, 12(1), 14(1)
          • 1969 No 44 s 3
          • 1979 No 27 ss 19, 20
          • 1979 No 28 s 6(1)
          Notes
          • Section 17 heading: amended, on , by section 5(1) of the Medicines Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 50).
          • Section 17(1)(c): substituted, on , by section 5(2) of the Medicines Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 50).
          • Section 17(1)(d): added, on , by section 5(2) of the Medicines Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 50).
          • Section 17(2): substituted, on , by section 5(3) of the Medicines Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 50).
          • Section 17(2): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).