Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009

Type
Government
Portfolio
Health and Ageing
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Act
Parliament no
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Summary

Amends the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 to enable: the suspension of registered or listed goods from the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods; the issue of single site licences and allow for the transfer of licences between owners and variations to licence authorisations; samples of therapeutic and related goods to be taken from manufacturing premises and images and recordings to be made; the regulation of homoeopathic and anthroposophic medicines; standards to be set for the making of lists of permissible and prohibited ingredients in listed medicines; updated references to legislative instruments; and amendments in relation to: conditions imposed on registered and listed goods, the quality of overseas manufactured products, computer programs making certain decisions, the definition of accessory to a medical device, and an advertising code for therapeutic goods.

Progress

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time 19 Mar 2009
Second reading moved 19 Mar 2009
Referred to Main Committee 13 May 2009
Second reading debate 14 May 2009
Second reading agreed to 14 May 2009
Reported from Main Committee 14 May 2009
Third reading agreed to 14 May 2009
Senate
Introduced and read a first time 15 Jun 2009
Second reading moved 15 Jun 2009
Second reading debate 13 Aug 2009
Second reading agreed to 13 Aug 2009
Third reading agreed to 13 Aug 2009
Text of bill as passed both Houses 13 Aug 2009
Assent
  • Act no.: 76
  • Year: 2009
27 Aug 2009

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Text of bill

Explanatory memoranda

Proposed amendments

No proposed amendments have been circulated.

Schedules of amendments

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Text of bill

  • First reading: Text of the bill as introduced into the Parliament
  • Third reading: Prepared if the bill is amended by the house in which it was introduced. This version of the bill is then considered by the second house.
  • As passed by both houses: Final text of bill agreed to by both the House of Representatives and the Senate which is presented to the Governor-General for assent.

Explanatory memoranda

  • Explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and provides an explanation of the content of the introduced version (first reading) of the bill.
  • Supplementary explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains amendments proposed by the government to the bill.
  • Revised explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains the amended version (third reading) of the bill. It supersedes the explanatory memorandum.

Proposed amendments

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Schedules of amendments

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