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Medicines Act 1981

Miscellaneous provisions

107: Power to obtain information for purposes of regulations

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"Director-General can ask for medicine information to make rules"

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You need to know what a manufacturer is. A manufacturer is a person who makes or packs medicines for sale. They can also be the owner of the medicines. The Director-General can ask a manufacturer or importer to give information about their medicines. This includes what the medicines are made of and how they are made. The Director-General can ask for this information to help make rules under the Medicines Act. If you give the Director-General information about your medicines, it will not affect your ability to get a patent. You must give the Director-General the information they ask for. If you do not, you can get a fine of up to $1,000.

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Part 8Miscellaneous provisions

107Power to obtain information for purposes of regulations

  1. In this section the term manufacturer, in relation to a medicine, includes a person who, as owner, packs or causes to be packed medicines of that description for sale or supply.

  2. For the purpose of enabling the making of regulations under this Act, or the giving of any notice under section 106, the Director-General may from time to time, by notice in writing to any manufacturer or importer in New Zealand of medicines of any description, or medical devices of any kind, require the manufacturer or importer to state correctly in writing to the Director-General the nature of the ingredients or components of such medicines or devices, and the proportions or manner in which those ingredients or components are contained in them.

  3. The disclosure of any information pursuant to subsection (2) shall not prejudice any application subsequently made for a patent.

  4. Every person commits an offence against this Act and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 who fails to comply with any requirement under subsection (2).

Compare
  • 1969 No 7 ss 39(5), 47
Notes
  • Section 107(4): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).