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Medicines Act 1981

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9: Medicines Classification Committee

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"A group that helps decide how medicines are classified in New Zealand."

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The Minister appoints a group called the Medicines Classification Committee. You can read about how the Minister does this in section 8. This group helps the Minister decide how medicines are classified. The Committee looks at how medicines should be classified and tells the Minister. They also think about other things related to the Act that the Minister asks them to. The Committee has members from different groups, including the New Zealand Medical Association and the Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand, as well as officers from the Ministry of Health.

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Part 1Application and administration of Act
Administration

9Medicines Classification Committee

  1. The Minister shall appoint under section 8 an advisory committee to be called the Medicines Classification Committee, whose duty it shall be to make recommendations to the Minister in respect of the classification of any medicines as prescription medicines or restricted medicines or pharmacy-only medicines under this Act.

  2. The Committee shall also consider and report to the Minister on such other matters in relation to any of the purposes of this Act as may from time to time be referred to it by the Minister.

  3. The Committee shall consist of—

  4. 2 persons, to be nominated by the New Zealand Medical Association:
    1. 2 persons, to be nominated by the Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand:
      1. 2 persons, being officers of the Ministry of Health, one of whom shall be appointed as chairman.

        1. The members of the Committee shall hold office—

        2. in the case of any member appointed under subsection (3)(c), during the pleasure of the Minister:
          1. in the case of any other member, for a term of 3 years, subject to subsection (5), but any such member may be reappointed for 1 further term.

            1. Any member of the Committee may at any time be removed from office by the Minister for disability, neglect of duty, or misconduct proved to the satisfaction of the Minister, or may at any time resign his office by writing addressed to the Minister.

            2. If any member of the Committee dies, resigns, or is removed from office, the vacancy so created shall be filled in the manner in which the appointment to the vacant office was originally made, and in the case of a vacancy in the office of a nominated member, every person so appointed shall be appointed for the residue of the term for which his predecessor was appointed.

            3. Unless he sooner vacates his office under subsection (6), every nominated member of the Committee shall continue in office until his successor comes into office, notwithstanding that the term for which he was appointed may have expired.

            4. The powers of the Committee shall not be affected by any vacancy in its membership.

            5. At any meeting of the Committee, 4 members shall form a quorum.

            Compare
            • 1960 No 97 s 6
            • 1967 No 108 s 2
            • 1979 No 28 s 5(1)
            Notes
            • Section 9(3)(c): amended, on , by section 32 of the Health Sector (Transfers) Act 1993 (1993 No 23).