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Medicines Act 1981

Enforcement

83: Cancellation of licence

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"What happens if your medicine licence is cancelled"

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If you have a licence and you are convicted of an offence against the Medicines Act 1981, the court can cancel your licence. The court can also stop you from getting a new licence for a certain amount of time. The court will write down the details of the conviction and any orders on your licence. When the court cancels your licence, it will no longer be valid. The court will decide when the licence stops being valid. If the court stops you from getting a new licence, you will not be able to get one during the time they specify. You must give the court your licence if they ask for it. If you do not give the court your licence without a good reason, you will be committing an offence. The court's decision to cancel or change your licence is like a sentence. The court will tell the Director-General about any changes to your licence. They will write to the Director-General with the details of what happened.

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Part 5Enforcement

83Cancellation of licence

  1. In any case where a licensee is convicted of an offence against this Act, or against any regulations made under this Act, the court may, in addition to or instead of imposing any other penalty,—

  2. cancel the licence, either forthwith or with effect from such future date as may be specified by the court:
    1. disqualify the licensee from obtaining any new licence for such period as the court may specify:
      1. cause particulars of the conviction, and of any order made under paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) to be endorsed on the licence.

        1. When a court cancels a licence pursuant to subsection (1), the licence shall cease to have effect either forthwith or on the date specified by the court, as the case may require.

        2. When a court, pursuant to subsection (1), disqualifies a person from obtaining a new licence, no licence shall be issued to that person during the period specified by the court.

        3. Any licence cancelled or required by the court for endorsement under this section shall be produced by the licensee in such manner and within such time as the court directs.

        4. Every person commits an offence against this Act who, without reasonable excuse, fails to produce any licence in accordance with subsection (4).

        5. For the purposes of Part 6 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011, the cancellation or endorsement of a licence, or a disqualification, under this section shall be deemed to be a sentence or part of a sentence, as the case may be.

        6. The particulars of any cancellation, disqualification, or endorsement under this section, and the particulars of the conviction relating thereto, shall be notified in writing to the Director-General by the Registrar of the court.

        Compare
        • 1960 No 97 s 21
        • 1979 No 27 s 64
        Notes
        • Section 83(6): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).