Offences—dissemination of generic information
42DP Offences—dissemination of generic information
A person commits an offence if:
the person disseminates, by any means, generic information about therapeutic goods to the public or a section of the public; and
the dissemination of that generic information does not comply with the provisions of the Therapeutic Goods Advertising Code that are prescribed by regulations for the purposes of section 42DO.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 12 months or 1,000 penalty units, or both.
A person commits an offence if:
the person disseminates, by any means, generic information about therapeutic goods to the public or a section of the public; and
the dissemination of that generic information does not comply with the provisions of the Therapeutic Goods Advertising Code that are prescribed by regulations for the purposes of section 42DO.
Penalty: 100 penalty units.
An offence against subsection (2) is an offence of strict liability.
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed by regulations
). Made under this Act:
- Therapeutic Goods (Medical Devices) Regulations 2002 · under s 63
- Therapeutic Goods Regulations 1990 · under s 63
5 more instruments made under this Act are listed on the Act’s overview.
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