Medicines and Poisons Act 2019
sec.259Amendment or repeal applications about suspension or cancellation decisions—HDPR approvals
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sec.259 Amendment or repeal applications about suspension or cancellation decisions—HDPR approvals
This section applies if— before the commencement, a person applied, under the HDPR , section 26A , for the amendment or repeal of a decision (the original decision ) to suspend or cancel an HDPR approval; and immediately before the commencement, the person’s application had not been decided. The person’s application must be decided as if it were a request to review administrative action under section 105. For considering the application under subsection (2)— the person is taken to be the holder of a substance authority that is equivalent to the HDPR approval; and the original decision is taken to be administrative action taken under this Act in relation to the substance authority. (sec.259-ssec.1) This section applies if— before the commencement, a person applied, under the HDPR , section 26A , for the amendment or repeal of a decision (the original decision ) to suspend or cancel an HDPR approval; and immediately before the commencement, the person’s application had not been decided. (sec.259-ssec.2) The person’s application must be decided as if it were a request to review administrative action under section 105. (sec.259-ssec.3) For considering the application under subsection (2)— the person is taken to be the holder of a substance authority that is equivalent to the HDPR approval; and the original decision is taken to be administrative action taken under this Act in relation to the substance authority.
- (a) before the commencement, a person applied, under the HDPR , section 26A , for the amendment or repeal of a decision (the original decision ) to suspend or cancel an HDPR approval; and
- (b) immediately before the commencement, the person’s application had not been decided.
- (a) the person is taken to be the holder of a substance authority that is equivalent to the HDPR approval; and
- (b) the original decision is taken to be administrative action taken under this Act in relation to the substance authority.