Therapeutic Goods Act 2001
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(1) The Governor may make regulations for the purposes of this Act.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1) , regulations may be made for or in relation to any of the following:
(a) providing for the issue, renewal, suspension and cancellation of licences by the Secretary of the Department for the purposes of this Act and the conditions subject to which such licences may be issued or renewed for those purposes;
(b) prohibiting or regulating the advertising of therapeutic goods by persons engaged in the supply of those goods, including the form and content of advertisements and the manner in which advertisements may be published or displayed;
(c) providing for labelling, sampling, examining, testing and analysing therapeutic goods;
(d) prescribing conditions to be complied with when preparing, supplying, storing, packing, handling, carrying and delivering therapeutic goods;
(e) prohibiting or regulating the supply of therapeutic goods of a specified class;
(f) prescribing fees that are to be paid for matters arising under this Act (including fees for the issue and renewal of licences referred to in paragraph (a) );
(g) requiring persons of a specified class to keep records for the purposes of this Act;
(h) prohibiting the supply of therapeutic goods by self-service methods specified in the regulations.
(3) The regulations may also make provision for or with respect to any of the following:
(a) empowering magistrates to order the forfeiture of therapeutic goods and other things seized under this Act and to order payments to be made to meet costs incurred in seizing, storing and disposing of goods or things so seized;
(b) providing for the storage and release of goods seized under this Act;
(c) conferring rights of appeal on persons aggrieved by decisions of the Secretary of the Department relating to –
(i) the issue or renewal of licences, or refusal to issue or renew licences, issued or renewed for the purposes of this Act; or