182Licences and authorities for substance reclassified as type A drug of addiction

182 Licences and authorities for substance reclassified as type A drug of addiction

182 Licences and authorities for substance reclassified as type A drug of addiction

(1) The reclassification of a substance from a designated non-ARTG product to a type A drug of addiction by the amending regulation does not affect any licence or authority under Part 8 of this Regulation that relates to the substance and that was in force immediately before that reclassification.

(2) Despite subclause (1), an authority referred to in that subsection that authorises the prescription or supply of a substance by a medical practitioner to treat a particular person, is taken, on the commencement of the amending regulation to be an authority of the Secretary issued under section 29 of the Act.

(3) In this clause—

amending regulation means the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Cannabis and Unregistered Drugs of Addiction) Regulation 2018.

cl 182: Ins 2018 (655), Sch 1 [22].