Medicines and Poisons Act 2019
sec.250Approvals for drug dependent persons
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sec.250 Approvals for drug dependent persons
This section applies to an HDPR approval that, immediately before the commencement, authorised the treatment of a drug dependent person, or class of drug dependent persons, under the HDPR , section 120 , 122 , 213 or 213A . The HDPR approval continues in effect until the earliest of the following— the day the term of the approval ends under the HDPR ; the day the approval is cancelled or surrendered under the HDPR ; the day prescribed under section 281 to be the day the monitored medicines database is fully operational. The HDPR continues to apply to the HDPR approval as if this Act had not commenced. This section applies despite sections 246 to 248. (sec.250-ssec.1) This section applies to an HDPR approval that, immediately before the commencement, authorised the treatment of a drug dependent person, or class of drug dependent persons, under the HDPR , section 120 , 122 , 213 or 213A . (sec.250-ssec.2) The HDPR approval continues in effect until the earliest of the following— the day the term of the approval ends under the HDPR ; the day the approval is cancelled or surrendered under the HDPR ; the day prescribed under section 281 to be the day the monitored medicines database is fully operational. (sec.250-ssec.3) The HDPR continues to apply to the HDPR approval as if this Act had not commenced. (sec.250-ssec.4) This section applies despite sections 246 to 248.
- (a) the day the term of the approval ends under the HDPR ;
- (b) the day the approval is cancelled or surrendered under the HDPR ;
- (c) the day prescribed under section 281 to be the day the monitored medicines database is fully operational.