You will need a licence if you intend to operate a business as a manufacturing chemist or a wholesale chemist.
Manufacturing chemists may be authorised, at the place stated in the licence, to make or refine for sale:
- scheduled substances in general
- medical cannabis
- a specified class or specified classes of scheduled substances
- scheduled substances other than a specified class.
Wholesale chemists may be authorised, at the place stated in the licence, to buy and sell:
- scheduled substances in general
- a specified class or specified classes of scheduled substances
- scheduled substances other than a specified class.
Scheduled substances are set out in the poisons standard below.