Therapeutic Goods Regulations 1990

For the purposes of paragraph 19(6)(a) of the Act, in relation to therapeutic vaping substances that are not medicines (authorised vaping substances), medical practitioners engaged in clinical practice in or outside a hospital are a prescribed class of medical practitioners.

For the purposes of subsection 19(6) of the Act, paragraph 19(6)(aa) of the Act does not apply if the supply is of an authorised vaping substance by a medical practitioner to a patient of that practitioner, where:

the authorised vaping substance is to be administered by inhalation; and

the supply is for the indication of the treatment of smoking cessation or management of nicotine dependence.

The class of recipients prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 19(6)(b) of the Act is the class of recipients consisting of persons each of whom is seeking treatment for smoking cessation or the management of nicotine dependence.

For the purposes of subsection 19(7) of the Act, the prescribed circumstances in which an authorised vaping substance, or a class of authorised vaping substances, may be supplied in accordance with an authority under subsection 19(5) of the Act are that the supplier of the authorised vaping substance or class of authorised vaping substances complies with the treatment directions (if any) mentioned in the authority for the authorised vaping substance or class of authorised vaping substances.