Summary
Amends the
Therapeutic Goods Act 1989
to address legal consequences arising from the Federal Court decision in
Roche Products v National Drugs and Poisons Schedule Committee
[2007] FCA 1352 (30 August 2007) by: providing that the Poisons Standard and its amendments are legislative instruments for the purposes of the
Legislative Instruments Act 2003
; retrospectively reinstating certain amendments made to the Standard before the Roche decision; exempting the Standard from section 42 of the
Legislative Instruments Act 2003
relating to disallowance; and providing for ‘just terms’ compensation in the event that these measures could result in any acquisition of property.