(1) This Part does not apply to or in relation to the possession, sale or supply of a category 1 item or category 2 item if ¾

(a) the item is, or is contained in, a substance that is designed, packaged and labelled for human or animal therapeutic use; and

(b) the item is in the possession of, or the sale or supply is to or by, a person belonging to a class prescribed for the purposes of this subsection acting in the ordinary course of the person's occupation.

(2) This Part does not apply to or in relation to the possession or supply of a category 1 item or category 2 item if the item is in the possession of, or the supply is by, a person employed or engaged by an education institution or a research institution acting in the ordinary course of the person's occupation and the possession or supply is solely for educational or research purposes.

[Section 13 inserted by No. 62 of 2004 s. 5.]