Civil penalty relating to the importation, exportation, manufacture or supply of sponsored goods without proper notification
20A Civil penalty relating to the importation, exportation, manufacture or supply of sponsored goods without proper notification
A person contravenes this section if:
the person does any of the following:
imports therapeutic goods into Australia;
exports therapeutic goods from Australia;
manufactures therapeutic goods in Australia;
supplies therapeutic goods in Australia; and
the person is the sponsor of the goods for use in humans; and
the person has not, at or before the time of the importation, exportation, manufacture or supply, properly notified to the Secretary either or both of the following:
the manufacturer of the goods;
premises used in the manufacture of the goods.
Maximum civil penalty:
for an individual—5,000 penalty units; and
for a body corporate—50,000 penalty units.
Meaning of properly notified
For the purposes of paragraph (1)(c):
a manufacturer is properly notified to the Secretary if:
the manufacturer was nominated, as a manufacturer of the goods, in an application for the registration or listing of the goods; or
the Secretary was subsequently informed in writing that the manufacturer is a manufacturer of the goods; and
premises are properly notified to the Secretary if:
the premises were nominated, as premises used in the manufacture of the goods, in an application for the registration or listing of the goods; or
the Secretary was subsequently informed in writing that the premises are used in the manufacture of the goods.
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