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Medicines Act 1981

Application and administration of Act - Administration

10: Medicines Review Committee established

You could also call this:

"A committee to review medicines is set up to help keep you safe."

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You have a committee called the Medicines Review Committee. This committee is part of the Medicines Act. It is related to section 8. You need to know who is on this committee. The Minister chooses 6 members for the committee. One of these members is the chairman. The committee must have people with different types of experience. This includes a doctor, a pharmacist, and someone who works in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry. It also includes someone who knows about chemistry, but not pharmaceutical chemistry. When the committee talks about natural therapy, they get help from someone with experience in this area. The Minister chooses this person. The committee members can get paid for their work. They can receive fees, a salary, or allowances. They can also get money for travel expenses. This is done according to the Fees and Travelling Allowances Act 1951.

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Part 1Application and administration of Act
Administration

10Medicines Review Committee established

  1. Without limiting section 8, for the purposes of this Act there shall be a committee, to be called the Medicines Review Committee.

  2. The Committee shall consist of 6 members appointed by the Minister, of whom 1 shall be appointed by the Minister as chairman, and shall include at least—

  3. 1 person with wide experience in the practice of medicine:
    1. 1 person with wide experience in the practice of pharmacy:
      1. 1 person with wide experience in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry:
        1. 1 person with wide experience in a form of chemistry other than pharmaceutical chemistry.

          1. The Minister shall also appoint 1 person with wide experience in the practice of natural therapy to act as a member of the Committee whenever any matter relating to the practice of natural therapy is before the Committee.

          2. There may be paid out of money appropriated by Parliament for the purpose to the members of the Committee remuneration by way of fees, salary, or allowances and travelling allowances and expenses in accordance with the Fees and Travelling Allowances Act 1951, and the provisions of that Act shall apply accordingly as if the Committee were a statutory board within the meaning of that Act.

          Compare
          • 1960 No 97 s 6
          • 1967 No 51 s 6(3)
          • 1967 No 108 s 2
          • 1979 No 28 s 5(1)