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Medicines Act 1981

Dealings with medicines and medical devices

22F: Powers of Minister after grant of consent

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"What the Minister can do after approving a medicine"

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The Minister can ask you for more information about a medicine if they think it does not meet the requirements in section 22D(1). You must provide this information within a certain time frame. The Minister can suspend your consent until they decide what to do next. The Minister can cancel your consent or add conditions to it if they are not sure the medicine meets the requirements after looking at the extra information, or if you do not provide the information on time. The Minister can also add conditions to your consent at any time if they think it is necessary.

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22FPowers of Minister after grant of consent

  1. The Minister may request the holder of a consent by verification to provide further information in relation to that consent within a time frame specified in the request if the Minister has reason to believe that the medicine did not or may no longer meet the requirements in section 22D(1).

  2. If the Minister has requested further information in relation to a consent, the Minister may suspend that consent for the period—

  3. starting on the date of the request; and
    1. ending no later than the close of the day on which the Minister decides whether to act under subsection (3).

      1. The Minister may revoke the consent or impose conditions on the consent if,—

      2. having considered the further information provided by the holder of the consent, the Minister considers that there is reasonable doubt as to whether the medicine meets the requirements in section 22D(1); or
        1. the holder of the consent has not provided the information requested within the specified time frame.

          1. The Minister may impose conditions on a consent by verification that the Minister considers appropriate in the circumstances at any time.

          Notes
          • Section 22F: inserted, on , by section 7 of the Medicines Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 66).