National Emergency Declaration (Consequential Amendments) Act 2020 (129 of 2020)

Schedule 1   Amendments consequential on the enactment of the National Emergency Declaration Act 2020

Therapeutic Goods Act 1989

60   After subsection 18A(2)

Insert:

(2A) The matter in this subsection is that:

(a) a national emergency declaration is in force; and

(b) either of the following apply:

(i) the exemption should be made so that the goods may be stockpiled to deal with a potential threat to public health that may be caused by the emergency to which the national emergency declaration relates;

(ii) the exemption should be made so that the goods can be made available urgently in Australia in order to deal with an actual threat to public health caused by the emergency to which the national emergency declaration relates; and

(c) the Minister is satisfied that the exemption is in the national interest.