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Medicines Act 1981

Restrictions on specified biotechnical procedures

96C: Authorisation of particular procedures

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"The Minister can approve certain medical procedures by giving written permission."

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The Minister can allow someone to do a specific biotechnical procedure by giving them a written notice. You need to know that the Minister can only give this notice if they are satisfied that the procedure meets certain criteria outlined in section 96E(1). The Minister can give the notice with or without conditions. The Minister can change or cancel the notice at any time by giving another written notice. You can have the notice changed to include new conditions or have existing conditions changed or removed. The Minister can also cancel the notice altogether. After giving a notice, the Minister must publish it in the Gazette and give a copy to the House of Representatives as soon as possible.

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Part 7ARestrictions on specified biotechnical procedures

96CAuthorisation of particular procedures

  1. The Minister may, by notice in writing, authorise a person or a body of persons to conduct a particular specified biotechnical procedure.

  2. The Minister may issue a notice under subsection (1) only if satisfied that the conduct of the procedure concerned meets each of the criteria specified in section 96E(1).

  3. An authorisation granted by a notice under subsection (1) may be granted unconditionally or subject to any conditions that are specified in the notice.

  4. The Minister may, at any time, by written notice, do any 1 or more of the following in relation to an authorisation granted under subsection (1):

  5. vary the authorisation:
    1. vary or revoke any condition subject to which the authorisation was granted:
      1. make the authorisation subject to new conditions:
        1. revoke the authorisation.

          1. As soon as practicable after giving a notice under subsection (1) or subsection (4), the Minister must publish the notice in the Gazette and present a copy of the notice to the House of Representatives.

          Notes
          • Section 96C: inserted, on , by section 6 of the Medicines (Restricted Biotechnical Procedures) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 14).