Medicines and Poisons Act 2019
sec.257Amendment or renewal applications for approvals
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sec.257 Amendment or renewal applications for approvals
This section applies if— before the commencement, a person applied to amend or renew an HDPR approval or pest licence; and immediately before the commencement, the application had not been decided; and the HDPR approval or pest licence is continued in effect under this part. The person’s application must be decided as if it were— an application to amend or renew a substance authority that is equivalent to the HDPR approval or pest licence; and made under this Act on the commencement. For subsection (2), if a fee has been paid or waived for the application, a fee payable under this Act to amend or renew the substance authority is waived. (sec.257-ssec.1) This section applies if— before the commencement, a person applied to amend or renew an HDPR approval or pest licence; and immediately before the commencement, the application had not been decided; and the HDPR approval or pest licence is continued in effect under this part. (sec.257-ssec.2) The person’s application must be decided as if it were— an application to amend or renew a substance authority that is equivalent to the HDPR approval or pest licence; and made under this Act on the commencement. (sec.257-ssec.3) For subsection (2), if a fee has been paid or waived for the application, a fee payable under this Act to amend or renew the substance authority is waived.
- (a) before the commencement, a person applied to amend or renew an HDPR approval or pest licence; and
- (b) immediately before the commencement, the application had not been decided; and
- (c) the HDPR approval or pest licence is continued in effect under this part.
- (a) an application to amend or renew a substance authority that is equivalent to the HDPR approval or pest licence; and
- (b) made under this Act on the commencement.