Summary
Amends the
Therapeutic Goods Act 1989
to clarify the definition of a “therapeutic good”; transfer advertising offences from the regulations to the Act; create new offences for publishing advertisements that breach the Therapeutic Goods Advertising Code and extend the coverage of existing offences to broadcast media; and strengthen existing requirements on manufacturers and sponsors of therapeutic goods to ensure the quality, safety and efficacy of therapeutic goods supplied in, or exported from, Australia; and
Broadcasting Services Act 1992
to remove provisions relating to pre-approval of therapeutic goods advertisements in the broadcast media, to enable these functions to be transferred to the Therapeutic Goods Regulations.