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2008-2009
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
THE SENATE
As passed by both Houses
Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Medical Devices and Other Measures) Bill 2008
No. , 2008
A Bill for an Act to amend the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989, and for related purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Schedule(s)......................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1—Medical devices 3
Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 3
Schedule 2—Emergency exemption for therapeutic goods that are not medical devices 16
Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 16
Schedule 3—Fit and proper person test 17
Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 17
Schedule 4—Additional default standards 26
Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 26
Schedule 5—Information disclosure provisions 33
Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 33
Schedule 6—Advertising 36
Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 36
Schedule 7—Other amendments 39
Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 39
A Bill for an Act to amend the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Medical Devices and Other Measures) Act 2008 .
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
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Provision(s) |
Commencement |
Date/Details |
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1. Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table |
The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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2. Schedules 1 and 2 |
The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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3. Schedule 3 |
A single day to be fixed by Proclamation. However, if any of the provision(s) do not commence within the period of 6 months beginning on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, they commence on the first day after the end of that period. |
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4. Schedule 4 |
1 July 2009. |
1 July 2009 |
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5. Schedules 5 to 7 |
The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally passed by both Houses of the Parliament and assented to. It will not be expanded to deal with provisions inserted in this Act after assent.
(2) Column 3 of the table contains additional information that is not part of this Act. Information in this column may be added to or edited in any published version of this Act.
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.