New Zealand Acts

MEDICINES ACT 1981 - SECT 5

5 Meaning of selling by wholesale, selling by retail, and selling in circumstances corresponding to retail sale

1 In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, every reference to selling anything by wholesale is a reference to selling it to a person whom the vendor believes to be buying it—

a) for the purpose of—

i) selling or supplying it; or

ii) administering it or causing it to be administered to 1 or more human beings—

in the course of a business carried on by that person; or

b) for the purpose of—

i) using it in any scientific, educational, or commercial laboratory; or

ii) using it in any process of manufacture or trade not involving the resale of that thing.

2 In this Act every reference to selling anything by retail is a reference to selling it to a person whom the vendor believes to be buying it for a purpose other than one specified in subsection (1).

3 In this Act every reference to supplying anything in circumstances corresponding to retail sale is a reference to supplying it, otherwise than by way of sale, to a person whom the supplier believes to be receiving it for a purpose other than one specified in subsection (1).

Note: Medicines Act 1968 s 131 (UK)