20Secretary of Department can obtain information about certain goods

20 Secretary of Department can obtain information about certain goods

(1)  The Secretary of the Department may, by notice served on a person who manufactures in, imports into or supplies in Tasmania any therapeutic goods, require the person to give to the Secretary, or to such other person as may be identified in the notice, such information about the goods as is specified in the notice.

(2)  A notice –

(a) may specify a period of not less than 14 days within which the requirement of the notice is to be complied with; and

(b) may be served on a person even though the person has previously given information about the goods specified in the notice.

(3)  A person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a notice served on the person under this section is guilty of an offence.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.

(4)  A person who, in purporting to comply with a notice under this section, gives information that the person knows, or ought reasonably to know, is false or misleading in a material respect is guilty of an offence.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.

(5)  In this section,

therapeutic goods includes any substance that might warrant inclusion in the Poisons List.