Statutory Rules 1984 No. 1581

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Therapeutic Goods Regulations2 (Amendment)

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Therapeutic Goods Act 1966.

Dated 16 July 1984.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

NEAL BLEWETT

Minister of State for Health

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Therapeutic Goods Advisory Committee

1. Regulation 17 of the Therapeutic Goods Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (2) (g) “three” and substituting “2”;

(b) by omitting from paragraph (2) (h) “and”;

(c) by adding at the end of sub-regulation (2) the following paragraphs:

“(j) a person appointed by the Minister on the nomination of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Association of Australia;

(k) a person appointed by the Minister on the nomination of The Australian Medical Devices and Diagnostics Association;

(l) a person appointed by the Minister on the nomination of the Australian Physiotherapy Association;

(m) a person appointed by the Minister on the nomination of the Australian Resuscitation Council; and

(n) a person appointed by the Minister on the nomination of The Institution of Biomedical Engineering (Australia) Incorporated.”; and

(d) by omitting from sub-regulation (5) “paragraph (2) (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) or (i)” and substituting “any of paragraphs (2) (d) to (n) (inclusive)”.

Meetings of Committees

2. Regulation 23 of the Therapeutic Goods Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (2) and substituting the following sub-regulation:

“(2) At a meeting of a Committee—

(a) in the case of the Therapeutic Goods Advisory Committee—7 members constitute a quorum;

(b) in the case of the Therapeutic Goods Standards Committee—5 members constitute a quorum; and

(c) in the case of the Australian Drug Evaluation Committee—

(i) if less than 7 members of the committee are in Australia when a meeting is held—3 members constitute a quorum; or

(ii) in any other case—4 members constitute a quorum.”.

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 23 July 1984.

2. Statutory Rules 1970 No. 165 as amended to date. For previous amendments see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1984 No. 53 and see also Statutory Rules 1984 No. 53.