Medicines and Poisons (Medicines) Regulation 2021
sec.6BExemption for buying or supplying stock of national stockpile medicines— Act , s 7
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sec.6B Exemption for buying or supplying stock of national stockpile medicines— Act , s 7
For section 7 (1) of the Act , the activities prescribed are buying or supplying stock of a national stockpile medicine. However, each activity is prescribed only to the extent it is carried out by— a responsible government entity; or a person acting under a direction given by a responsible government entity. In this section— Commonwealth health secretary means the secretary of the department of the Commonwealth in which the National Health Security Act 2007 (Cwlth) is administered. national stockpile medicine means a medicine supplied in the first instance from a reserve of stock of medicines held by the Commonwealth health secretary in stockpile for a health emergency. responsible government entity means an entity of the State or Commonwealth responsible for managing the distribution of stock of national stockpile medicines. s 6B ins 2024 SL No. 102 s 4 (sec.6B-ssec.1) For section 7 (1) of the Act , the activities prescribed are buying or supplying stock of a national stockpile medicine. (sec.6B-ssec.2) However, each activity is prescribed only to the extent it is carried out by— a responsible government entity; or a person acting under a direction given by a responsible government entity. (sec.6B-ssec.3) In this section— Commonwealth health secretary means the secretary of the department of the Commonwealth in which the National Health Security Act 2007 (Cwlth) is administered. national stockpile medicine means a medicine supplied in the first instance from a reserve of stock of medicines held by the Commonwealth health secretary in stockpile for a health emergency. responsible government entity means an entity of the State or Commonwealth responsible for managing the distribution of stock of national stockpile medicines.
- (a) a responsible government entity; or
- (b) a person acting under a direction given by a responsible government entity.