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Therapeutic Goods (Listing) Notice 2007 (No. 2)

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What this does: This notice temporarily requires skin products (topical preparations) containing glycerol as their main active ingredient to be added to Australia's official medicines register.

Who it affects: Manufacturers and suppliers of therapeutic goods that apply glycerol to the skin as a primary treatment.

Key details:

The goods: Topical preparations containing glycerol as the "therapeutically active ingredient" (the main substance that does the work).
The requirement: These products must be "listed" in the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods (ARTG). Listing is a regulatory category for lower-risk medicines.
Temporary nature: This is an interim measure only. The notice automatically expires ("ceases to have effect") once the Therapeutic Goods Regulations 1990 are formally updated to permanently include these glycerol products.

Why it matters: This ensures glycerol-based skin products can be legally supplied to consumers while permanent regulations are being prepared, filling a temporary gap in the regulatory framework.

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Therapeutic Goods (Listing) Notice 2007 (No. 2)

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Therapeutic Goods Act 1989

Therapeutic Goods (Listing) Notice 2007 (No. 2)

I, DAVID GRAHAM, National Manager, Therapeutic Goods Administration, delegate of the Minister for Health and Ageing for the purposes of subsection 9A(5) of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 (the Act) and acting under that provision, require the following therapeutic goods to be included in the part of the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods (ARTG) for listed goods:

preparations, referred to in Item 3, Part 1 of Schedule 4 of the Therapeutic Goods Regulations 1990, for topical use that contain, as their therapeutically active ingredient, glycerol, being a substance that is to be mentioned in Division 1 of Part 5 of Schedule 4 of the Therapeutic Goods Regulations 1990.

This Notice commences from the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

Pursuant to subsection 9A(6) of the Act this Notice ceases to have effect on the day that amendments to the Therapeutic Goods Regulations 1990 come into effect to require inclusion of the substance listed in this Notice in the part of the ARTG for Listed goods.

Dated this 29th day of May 2007

Dr David Graham

Delegate of the Minister for Health and Ageing

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Therapeutic Goods Act 1989

Therapeutic Goods (Listing) Notice 2007 (No. 2)

preparations, referred to in Item 3, Part 1 of Schedule 4 of the Therapeutic Goods Regulations 1990, for topical use that contain, as their therapeutically active ingredient, glycerol, being a substance that is to be mentioned in Division 1 of Part 5 of Schedule 4 of the Therapeutic Goods Regulations 1990.

This Notice commences from the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

Dated this 29th day of May 2007

Dr David Graham

Delegate of the Minister for Health and Ageing