Therapeutic Goods (Standard for Tampons) (TGO 103) Amendment Order 2022

I, John Jamieson, as delegate of the Minister for Health and Aged Care, make the following order.

Dated 7 December 2022

John Jamieson

Assistant Secretary

Medical Devices Authorisation Branch

Health Products Regulation Group

Department of Health and Aged Care

Contents

1  Name

2  Commencement

3  Authority

4  Schedules

Schedule 1—Amendments

Therapeutic Goods (Standard for Tampons) (TGO 103) Order 2019

1  Name

  This instrument is the Therapeutic Goods (Standard for Tampons) (TGO 103) Amendment Order 2022.

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.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 section 10 of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989.

4  Schedules

  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Therapeutic Goods (Standard for Tampons) (TGO 103) Order 2019

1  Section 4 (definition of Australian Standard)

Repeal the definition (including the note), substitute:

Australian Standard means the Australian Standard AS 2869:2022 Tampons-Menstrual published by, or on behalf of, Standards Australia, as in force or existing at 30 November 2022.

2  After section 6

Add:

6A  Transitional arrangements relating to the Therapeutic Goods (Standard for Tampons) (TGO 103) Amendment Order 2022

 (1) Despite the amendments made by the Amendment Order, the requirements relating to labelling that are specified in the old Standard may continue to be complied with, as an alternative to the requirements relating to labelling that are specified in the new Standard, for the duration of the transitional period.

 (2) In this section:

Amendment Order means the Therapeutic Goods (Standard for Tampons) (TGO 103) Amendment Order 2022.

new Standard means the Australian Standard AS 2869:2022 Tampons-Menstrual published by, or on behalf of, Standards Australia, as in force or existing at 30 November 2022.

old Standard means the Australian Standard AS 2869-2008 Tampons-Menstrual published by, or on behalf of, Standards Australia, as in force or existing at 31 March 2019.

transitional period means the period beginning on the commencement of the Amendment Order and ending on 31 December 2024.