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Medicines Act 1981

Enforcement

66: Powers to require information

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"People in charge can ask you for information about medicines you have"

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You can be asked to give information if the Director-General or a Medical Officer of Health thinks you have medicines or devices that you are not allowed to have. They can ask you to show them books or documents about these medicines or devices. They can also make copies of these documents. You must comply with their request or you might commit an offence. If you have goods that have been seized, you are still considered to be in possession of them. The Director-General or a Medical Officer of Health can ask you for information if they think you are breaking the law, and they can look at documents related to the medicines or devices, as stated in section 63. If the Director-General or the Medical Officer of Health makes copies of your documents, these copies are considered true and correct unless you can prove otherwise. You have to follow the rules and give the information they ask for. The Director-General or a Medical Officer of Health has the power to require information from you, and you must provide it to them.

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Part 5Enforcement

66Powers to require information

  1. Without limiting section 63, where the Director-General or a Medical Officer of Health reasonably suspects that any person is in possession—

  2. of any medicine or medical device for the purpose of sale; or
    1. of any substance or article for the purpose of the manufacture, packing, sale, or supply of any medicine or medical device; or
      1. of any advertising material or labelling material for use as an advertisement or label,—
          1. in breach of this Act or of any regulations made under this Act, he may require that person to produce for his inspection, or to produce to any officer specially authorised by him for the purpose, any books, documents, or other records dealing with the importation, purchase, reception, manufacture, packing, storage, carriage, delivery, sale, or supply of any such medicine, medical device, substance, article, or material.

        1. The Director-General or the Medical Officer of Health may make or cause to be made copies of or extracts from any such books, documents, or other records, and the copies of extracts, certified as such by him or by any specially authorised officer, shall be deemed to be true and correct copies or extracts, unless the contrary is proved.

        2. Every person commits an offence against this Act who refuses or fails to comply with any requisition made pursuant to this section.

        3. Repealed

        4. For the purposes of this section, any goods that have been seized or ordered to be detained, whether pursuant to this Act or any other enactment, shall be deemed to be still in the possession of the person who had them in his possession when they were seized or ordered to be detained.

        Compare
        • 1960 No 97 s 40
        • 1969 No 7 s 27
        • 1979 No 27 s 50
        Notes
        • Section 66(4): repealed, on , section 25(1) of the Official Information Amendment Act 1987 (1987 No 8).