Therapeutic Goods (Medical Devices—Foreign Countries) Determination 2026
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Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia
Therapeutic Goods (Medical Devices—Foreign Countries) Determination 2026
I, Marcelle Noja, as delegate of the Secretary of the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, make the following determination.
Dated 6 March 2026
Marcelle Noja
Assistant Secretary Medical Devices and Product Quality Division Health Products Regulation Group Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
Contents
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Definitions
5 Medical devices—foreign countries and specified devices
Schedule 1—Foreign countries
Schedule 2—Specified medical devices
1 Name
This instrument is the Therapeutic Goods (Medical Devices—Foreign Countries) Determination 2026.
2 Commencement
(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
- Commencement information
- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
- Provisions Commencement Date/Details
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- The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered.
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.
3 Authority
This instrument is made under subsections 41HD(5) and 41HD(6) of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989.
4 Definitions
Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in subsection 3(1) of the Act, including the following:
(a) medical device.
In this instrument:
Act means the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989.
5 Medical devices—foreign countries and specified devices