Pharmacy Act 1964 No 48

Effective date Publication date Amendments included Notes
13 December 2007 13 December 2007 2007 No 89
04 December 2006 04 December 2006 2006 No 124
07 September 2006 07 September 2006 2006 No 59
20 June 2006 20 June 2006 2006 No 58
01 August 2004 01 August 2004 2003 No 45
06 July 2004 06 July 2004 2004 No 52
16 June 2004 16 June 2004 2002 No 30
14 January 2000 14 January 2000 1999 No 76

This Act has also been amended pursuant to an order under secs 8 (2) and 9 (3) of the Reprints Act 1972 No 48 (previously Acts Reprinting Act 1972). Order dated 13.8.1975, and published in GG No 108 of 15.8.1975, p 3266, declaring that:
(a)the Pharmacy Act 1964 is an enactment to which sec 8 (2) of the Acts Reprinting Act 1972 applies, and
(b)the Pharmacy Act 1964, sec 24 excepted, is an enactment to which sec 9 (3) of the Acts Reprinting Act 1972 applies.

Pharmacy Act 1964 No 48

Assented to 07.12.1964.

Date of commencement, except as provided in sec 1 (3), 16.7.1965, sec 1 (2) and GG No 92 of 16.7.1965, p 2235.

Health Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No 89

Assented to 13.12.2007.

Date of commencement of Sch 1, assent, sec 2 (1).

Health Legislation Amendment (Unregistered Health Practitioners) Act 2006 No 124

Assented to 04.12.2006.

Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.

Pharmacy Practice Act 2006 No 59

Assented to 07.09.2006.

Date of commencement of Sch 7.12, assent, sec 2 (2).

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 No 58

Assented to 20.06.2006.

Date of commencement of Sch 3.10, 1.10.2005, Sch 3.10.

National Competition Policy Health and Other Amendments (Commonwealth Financial Penalties) Act 2004 No 52

Assented to 06.07.2004.

Date of commencement of Sch 4, assent, sec 2 (1).

Nurses Amendment Act 2003 No 45

Assented to 30.09.2003.

Date of commencement of Sch 2.13, 1.8.2004, sec 2 (1) and GG No 126 of 30.7.2004, p 6114.

Optometrists Act 2002 No 30

Assented to 21.06.2002.

Date of commencement of Sch 6.4, 16.6.2004, sec 2 and GG No 97 of 16.6.2004, p 3723.

Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act 1999 No 94

Assented to 08.12.1999.

Date of commencement of sec 7 and Sch 5, 1.1.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 144 of 24.12.1999, p 12184.

Health Legislation Amendment Act 1999 No 76

Assented to 03.12.1999.

Date of commencement, 14.1.2000, sec 2 and GG No 3 of 14.1.2000, p 167.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1999 No 31

Assented to 07.07.1999.

Date of commencement of Sch 4, assent, sec 2 (1).

Nurses Amendment (Nurse Practitioners) Act 1998 No 102

Assented to 02.11.1998.

Date of commencement, 29.10.1999, sec 2 and GG No 124 of 29.10.1999, p 10238.

Health Services Act 1997 No 154

Assented to 19.12.1997.

Date of commencement, 1.7.1998, sec 2 and GG No 97 of 26.6.1998, p 4423.

Friendly Societies (New South Wales) Act 1997 No 11

Assented to 21.05.1997.

Date of commencement, 1.10.1997, sec 2 and GG No 104 of 26.9.1997, p 8179.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995 No 16

Assented to 15.06.1995.

Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 2 relating to the Pharmacy Act 1964, assent, Sch 2.

Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 3 relating to the Pharmacy Act 1964, assent, sec 2.

Health Care Complaints Act 1993 No 105

Assented to 02.12.1993.

Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 3 relating to the Pharmacy Act 1964, 1.7.1994, sec 2 and GG No 88 of 1.7.1994, p 3239.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1991 No 94

Assented to 17.12.1991.

Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Pharmacy Act 1964, assent, Sch 1.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1991 No 17

Assented to 03.05.1991.

Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 2 relating to the Pharmacy Act 1964, assent, sec 2.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1990 No 108

Assented to 13.12.1990.

Date of commencement of items (1) and (4) of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Pharmacy Act 1964, assent, sec 2.

Date of commencement of items (2) and (3) of those provisions, 22.2.1991, Sch 1 and GG No 33 of 22.2.1991, p 1525.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1990 No 46

Assented to 22.06.1990.

Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 1 relating to the Pharmacy Act 1964, assent, sec 2.

Pharmacy (Amendment) Act 1989 No 224

Assented to 21.12.1989.

Date of commencement, Sch 3 (2) (a), (e) and (f) and (6) excepted, 5.10.1990.

Date of commencement of Sch 3 (6), 1.1.1991, sec 2 (1) and GG No 123 of 5.10.1990, p 8860 (Sch 3 (2) (a), (e) and (f) were not commenced and were repealed by the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1990 No 108).

Health Legislation (Reasons for Decisions) Amendment Act 1987 No 275

Assented to 16.12.1987.

Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 1) 1987 No 48

Assented to 28.05.1987.

Date of commencement of Sch 32, except as provided by sec 2 (13), 1.9.1987, sec 2 (12) and GG No 136 of 28.8.1987, p 4809.

Pharmacy (Amendment) Act 1984 No 134

Assented to 04.12.1984.

Miscellaneous Acts (Health Administration) Amendment Act 1982 No 138

Assented to 15.12.1982.

Date of commencement of Sch 1, 17.12.1982, sec 2 (2) and GG No 17 of 17.12.1982, p 5869.

Metric Conversion Act 1974 No 51

Assented to 06.05.1974.

Date of commencement of Sch, Items 636, 637, 18.7.1975, sec 4 (2) (b) and GG No 94 of 11.7.1975, p 2703.

Health Commission Act 1972 No 63

Assented to 23.11.1972.

Date of commencement of Sch, Part 1, 30.4.1973, sec 2 (c) and GG No 53 of 27.4.1973, p 1428.

Amending legislation

Health Commission and Other Acts (Amendment) Act 1975 No 8

Assented to 04.04.1975.

Date of commencement of sec 3 (f), 30.4.1973, sec 2 (3).

Reprints Act 1972 No 48

Assented to 09.10.1972.

Therapeutic Goods and Cosmetics Act 1972 No 14

Assented to 22.03.1972.

Date of commencement, 30.3.1973, sec 1 (2) and GG No 28 of 2.3.1973, p 640.

Pharmacy (Amendment) Act 1971 No 47

Assented to 14.12.1971.

Date of commencement, 1.2.1972, sec 1 (2) and GG No 7 of 28.1.1972, p 243.

Pharmacy (Amendment) Act 1970 No 91

Assented to 09.12.1970.

Date of commencement of sec 2 (1) (a) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (except as provided by sec 2 (3)), 16.7.1965, sec 2 (2).

Pharmacy (Amendment) Act 1969 No 44

Assented to 17.04.1969.

Date of commencement, except where otherwise expressly provided, 17.4.1969, sec 1 (3).

Date of commencement of sec 2 (6), for certain purposes, 1.7.1969, sec 2 (4), (5) and GG No 78 of 11.7.1969, p 2602, for all purposes, 16.7.1971, sec 2 (4), (5).

Date of commencement of sec 3 (1) (i), (r) (ix), (t) (iv), 7.11.1969, sec 1 (4) and GG No 131 of 7.11.1969, p 4526.

Date of commencement of sec 3 (1) (j) (ii), 17.4.1972, sec 1 (5).

Factories, Shops and Industries and Pharmacy (Amendment) Act 1966 No 58

Assented to 14.12.1966.

Date of commencement (sec 3 (b) excepted), 20.1.1967, sec 1 (4) and GG No 6 of 20.1.1967, p 139.

Date of commencement of sec 3 (b), 1.11.1967, sec 1 (5) and GG No 107 of 6.10.1967, p 3597.

Decimal Currency Act 1965 No 33

Assented to 20.12.1965.

Date of commencement of sec 4, 14.2.1966, secs 1 (3), 2 (1) and the Currency Act 1965 (Commonwealth), sec 2 (2).

This is a consolidated list of all history notes for this title. View the history notes inline to see the point-in-time history of provisions for a particular historical version by clicking the Turn history notes on button.

No reference is made to certain amendments made by the Decimal Currency Act 1965, the Reprints Act 1972, and Schedule 3 (amendments replacing gender-specific language) to the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995.

Part 1, heading

Ins 1989 No 224, Sch 4 (1) (a).

Sec 1

Am 1989 No 224, Sch 4 (2).

Sec 2

Am 1969 No 44, sec 3 (1) (a); 1989 No 224, Sch 4 (2).

Sec 3

Am 1966 No 58, sec 3 (a); 1969 No 44, sec 3 (1) (b); 1971 No 47, sec 2 (1) (a); 1989 No 224, Sch 3 (1); 1997 No 154, Sch 6.32 [1]; 1998 No 102, Sch 3.6 [1]; 2003 No 45, Sch 2.13; 2006 No 59, Sch 7.12 [1] [2]; 2006 No 124, Sch 3.9 [1].

Sec 3A

Ins 1998 No 102, Sch 3.6 [2].

Part 2, heading

Ins 1989 No 224, Sch 4 (1) (b).

Sec 4

Am 1966 No 58, sec 3 (b); 1969 No 44, sec 2 (6) (a); 1971 No 47, sec 2 (1) (b); 1972 No 63, Sch (am 1975 No 8, sec 3 (f) (ii)); 1982 No 138, Sch 1; 1984 No 134, Sch 1. Subst 1989 No 224, Sch 1 (1).

Sec 5

Am 1969 No 44, sec 2 (6) (b). Subst 1989 No 224, Sch 1 (1).

Sec 6

Am 1969 No 44, sec 3 (1) (c). Am 1990 No 46, Sch 1. Subst 1989 No 224, Sch 1 (1). Am 1990 No 108, Sch 1; 1997 No 154, Sch 6.32 [2]; 2006 No 58, Sch 3.10.

Sec 7

Am 1969 No 44, sec 2 (6) (c). Subst 1989 No 224, Sch 1 (1).

Sec 8

Subst 1989 No 224, Sch 1 (1).

Sec 9

Subst 1989 No 224, Sch 1 (1).

Sec 10

Rep 1989 No 224, Sch 1 (1).

Sec 11

Subst 1989 No 224, Sch 1 (2).

Part 3, heading

Ins 1989 No 224, Sch 4 (1) (c).

Sec 12

Am 1969 No 44, sec 3 (1) (d); 1989 No 224, Schs 1 (3), 2 (1).

Sec 13

Subst 1969 No 44, sec 3 (1) (e). Am 1971 No 47, sec 2 (1) (c); 1989 No 224, Sch 3 (2) (b)–(d); 1990 No 108, Sch 1; 2006 No 59, Sch 7.12 [3].

Sec 14

Am 1969 No 44, sec 3 (1) (f).

Sec 15

Am 1969 No 44, sec 3 (1) (g); 1971 No 47, sec 2 (1) (d).

Sec 16

Am 1969 No 44, sec 3 (1) (h); 1989 No 224, Sch 3 (3); 1997 No 11, Sch 1.13 [1].

Sec 17

Am 1989 No 224, Schs 1 (4), 3 (4); 1991 No 17, Sch 2.

Sec 17A

Ins 1969 No 44, sec 3 (1) (i). Am 1971 No 47, sec 2 (1) (e); 1989 No 224, Sch 1 (5).

Sec 18

Am 1969 No 44, sec 3 (1) (j) (i). Rep 1969 No 44, sec 3 (1) (j) (ii).

Sec 19

Am 1969 No 44, sec 3 (1) (k); 1971 No 47, sec 2 (1) (f); 1989 No 224, Sch 1 (6).

Part 4, heading

Ins 1989 No 224, Sch 4 (1) (d).

Sec 19A

Ins 1989 No 224, Sch 2 (2).

Sec 19B

Ins 1989 No 224, Sch 2 (2). Am 1993 No 105, Sch 3; 2006 No 124, Sch 3.9 [2].

Sec 19C

Ins 1989 No 224, Sch 2 (2). Am 2006 No 58, Sch 3.10.

Secs 19D–19F

Ins 1989 No 224, Sch 2 (2). Am 1993 No 105, Sch 3; 2006 No 124, Sch 3.9 [2].

Sec 19G

Ins 1989 No 224, Sch 2 (2).

Sec 19H

Ins 1989 No 224, Sch 2 (2). Am 2006 No 58, Sch 3.10.

Sec 20

Am 1969 No 44, sec 3 (1) (l); 1971 No 47, sec 2 (1) (g). Subst 1989 No 224, Sch 2 (3). Am 1991 No 94, Sch 1; 2006 No 124, Sch 3.9 [3].

Sec 20A

Ins 1969 No 44, sec 3 (1) (m). Am 1971 No 47, sec 2 (1) (h).

Sec 20AA

Ins 1971 No 47, sec 2 (1) (i). Am 1989 No 224, Sch 2 (4).

Sec 21

Am 1969 No 44, sec 3 (1) (n); 1971 No 47, sec 2 (1) (j); 1989 No 224, Sch 2 (5).

Sec 21A

Ins 1987 No 275, Sch 1. Am 2006 No 124, Sch 3.9 [4].

Sec 22

Am 1969 No 44, sec 3 (1) (o); 1971 No 47, sec 2 (1) (k); 1989 No 224, Sch 2 (6).

Sec 22A

Ins 1971 No 47, sec 2 (1) (l).

Sec 23

Am 1969 No 44, sec 3 (1) (p); 1989 No 224, Sch 3 (5); 1995 No 16, Sch 2.

Sec 24

Am 1969 No 44, sec 3 (1) (q); 1989 No 224, Sch 1 (7).

Part 5, heading

Ins 1989 No 224, Sch 4 (1) (e).

Secs 24A–24C

Ins 1989 No 224, Sch 3 (6).

Sec 25

Am 1966 No 58, sec 3 (c); 1969 No 44, sec 3 (1) (r); 1970 No 91, sec 2 (1) (a); 1971 No 47, sec 2 (1) (m); 1974 No 51, Sch; 1989 No 224, Sch 3 (7).

Sec 25A

Ins 1969 No 44, sec 3 (1) (s).

Sec 25B

Ins 1989 No 224, Sch 3 (8).

Sec 26

Am 1966 No 58, sec 3 (d); 1969 No 44, sec 3 (1) (t); 1970 No 91, sec 2 (1) (b); 1971 No 47, sec 2 (1) (n); 1974 No 51, Sch; 1989 No 224, Sch 3 (9); 1999 No 76, Sch 7 [1]; 2004 No 52, Sch 4 [1].

Sec 27

Am 1969 No 44, sec 3 (1) (u); 1971 No 47, sec 2 (1) (o); 1989 No 224, Sch 3 (10); 1998 No 102, Sch 3.6 [3]; 2002 No 30, Sch 6.4 [1].

Sec 27A

Ins 1997 No 11, Sch 1.13 [2]. Am 2004 No 52, Sch 4 [2].

Part 6, heading

Ins 1989 No 224, Sch 4 (1) (f).

Sec 28

Am 1969 No 44, sec 3 (1) (v); 1971 No 47, sec 2 (1) (p). Subst 1989 No 224, Sch 3 (11). Am 1998 No 102, Sch 3.6 [4]–[6]; 2002 No 30, Sch 6.4 [2] [3].

Sec 28, note

Ins 1998 No 102, Sch 3.6 [6]. Subst 2002 No 30, Sch 6.4 [3].

Sec 29

Am 1969 No 44, sec 3 (1) (w); 1989 No 224, Sch 3 (12).

Sec 30

Am 1969 No 44, sec 3 (1) (x); 1989 No 224, Sch 3 (13).

Sec 31

Rep 1972 No 14, sec 58. Ins 1989 No 224, Sch 3 (14).

Sec 32

Am 1989 No 224, Sch 3 (15).

Sec 33

Am 1969 No 44, sec 3 (1) (y).

Secs 33A, 33B

Ins 2006 No 124, Sch 3.9 [5].

Sec 34

Am 1969 No 44, sec 3 (1) (z). Rep 1989 No 224, Sch 3 (16).

Sec 34A

Ins 1989 No 224, Sch 3 (17).

Sec 35

Am 1989 No 224, Sch 3 (18); 1999 No 31, Sch 4.71.

Sec 36

Subst 1989 No 224, Sch 1 (8). Am 1991 No 94, Sch 1; 1999 No 76, Sch 7 [2].

Sec 36A

Ins 1989 No 224, Sch 3 (19).

Sec 37

Am 1969 No 44, sec 3 (1) (aa); 1970 No 91, sec 2 (1) (c).

Sec 38

Am 1966 No 58, sec 3 (e); 1971 No 47, sec 2 (1) (q); 1987 No 48, Sch 32; 1989 No 224, Schs 1 (9), 3 (20); 1998 No 102, Sch 3.6 [7]; 2002 No 30, Sch 6.4 [4].

Part 7, heading

Ins 2006 No 124, Sch 3.9 [6].

Sec 39

Rep 1989 No 224, Sch 4 (2). Ins 1990 No 108, Sch 1.

Sec 40

Rep 1989 No 224, Sch 4 (2). Ins 2004 No 52, Sch 4 [3]. Am 2006 No 124, Sch 3.9 [7].

Sec 40A

Am 2006 No 59, Sch 7.12 [4].

Secs 41–43

Ins 2006 No 124, Sch 3.9 [8].

Schedule

Rep 1989 No 224, Sch 4 (2).

Sch 1

Ins 1989 No 224, Sch 1 (10). Am 1990 No 108, Sch 1; 1999 No 94, sec 7 (3) and Sch 5, Part 3; 2006 No 58, Sch 3.10.

Sch 2

Ins 1989 No 224, Sch 2 (7). Am 2006 No 58, Sch 3.10; 2007 No 89, Sch 1.7.

Pharmacy Bill 1964

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