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Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2022
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83 Information about applications for licences, approvals and DMT authorities
(1) The Health Secretary may, by written notice, require an applicant to do one or more of the following—
(a) provide relevant information that was not included in the application,
(b) provide documentary or other evidence in support of relevant information included in the application or later provided to the Health Secretary,
Example—
A photograph of the applicant.
(c) authorise a person specified in the notice to provide the relevant information specified in the notice,
(d) authorise a person specified in the notice to—
(i) produce, in accordance with directions in the notice, relevant records specified in the notice, and
(ii) permit the examination of the records, the taking of extracts from the records and the making of copies of the records,
(e) provide the Health Secretary with the authorities and consents required by the Health Secretary for the purposes of enabling the Health Secretary to obtain relevant information, including financial and other confidential information, from other persons about the applicant.
(2) If a requirement made under this section is not complied with, the Health Secretary may—
(a) refuse to consider the application while the non-compliance continues, and
(b) if the non-compliance continues for 6 months or more—refuse the application without dealing with it further.
(3) A person who complies with a requirement of a notice under this section does not incur a liability to another person because of the compliance.
(4) In this section—
relevant, in relation to information or records, means information or records that are relevant to the Health Secretary’s investigation of an application.