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Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2022 Measures No. 1) Bill 2023

2022

 

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

 

 

 

Presented and read a first time

 

 

 

 

Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2022 Measures No. 1) Bill 2022

 

No.      , 2022

 

(Health and Aged Care)

 

 

 

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............ Schedules............................................................................................ 2

Schedule 1—Mandatory reporting of adverse events involving medical devices               3

Therapeutic Goods Act 1989                                                                                      3

Schedule 2—Export only biologicals                                                                          7

Therapeutic Goods Act 1989                                                                                      7

Schedule 3—Decisions to give information gathering notices are not reviewable decisions        14

Therapeutic Goods Act 1989                                                                                    14

Schedule 4—Extension of time to pay amount under infringement notice            15

Therapeutic Goods Act 1989                                                                                    15

Schedule 5—Information gathering powers                                                        17

Therapeutic Goods Act 1989                                                                                    17

Schedule 6—Retention of seized things                                                                  22

Therapeutic Goods Act 1989                                                                                    22

Schedule 7—Reducing regulatory burden for therapeutic goods advertisers      23

Therapeutic Goods Act 1989                                                                                    23

Schedule 8—Use of restricted representations                                                   25

Therapeutic Goods Act 1989                                                                                    25

Schedule 9—Approval of importation or supply of substitutable medicine          26

Therapeutic Goods Act 1989                                                                                    26

Schedule 10—Release of information                                                                       29

Therapeutic Goods Act 1989                                                                                    29

Schedule 11—Reporting medicine shortages                                                      30

Therapeutic Goods Act 1989                                                                                    30

Schedule 12—Other amendments                                                                              34

Therapeutic Goods Act 1989                                                                                    34

 

 



A Bill for an Act to amend the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 , and for related purposes

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1   Short title

                   This Act is the Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2022 Measures No. 1) Act 2022 .

2   Commencement

             (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.

 

Commencement information

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Provisions

Commencement

Date/Details

1.  Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table

The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

2.  Schedule 1

A single day to be fixed by Proclamation.

However, if the provisions do not commence within the period of 24 months beginning on the day this Act receives the Royal Assent, they commence on the day after the end of that period.

 

3.  Schedule 2

The day after the end of the period of 3 months beginning on the day this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

4.  Schedules 3 to 10

The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

5.  Schedule 11

The day after the end of the period of 6 months beginning on the day this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

6.  Schedule 12

The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.

             (2)  Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.

3   Schedules

                   Legislation 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.