Application of Commonwealth therapeutic goods Act as State law
5 Application of Commonwealth therapeutic goods Act as State law
In this section —
Commonwealth therapeutic goods Act means the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 (Commonwealth) as in force on 27 November 2023 as amended by —
a provision of a law of the Commonwealth that amends the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 (Commonwealth) that is made before 27 November 2023 but has not come into operation on or before 27 November 2023; and
each provision that —
is in an amending Act that has effect for the purposes of this Part under section 7; and
has come into operation for the purposes of this Part under section 8.
The Commonwealth therapeutic goods Act applies as a law of the State.
The Commonwealth therapeutic goods Act applies under subsection (2) —
as modified by local regulations (if any) made for the purposes of section 15; and
as if it extended to matters in relation to which the State may make laws —
whether or not the Commonwealth may make laws in relation to those matters; and
even though the terms of the Commonwealth therapeutic goods Act provides that it applies only to specified matters with respect to which the Commonwealth may make laws.
Note for this subsection:
For paragraph (b)(ii), the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 (Commonwealth) section 6 sets out specified matters to which that Act applies.
The provisions of the Commonwealth therapeutic goods Act that apply as a law of the State because of this section apply as a part of this Act.
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