Therapeutic Goods (System for Australian Recall Actions) (Arrangement for Computer Programs) Instrument 2023

I, John Skerritt, as delegate of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Aged Care, make the following instrument.

Dated 22 March 2023

Adjunct Professor John Skerritt
Deputy Secretary
Health Products Regulation Group
Department of Health and Aged Care

1 Name

This instrument is the Therapeutic Goods (System for Australian Recall Actions) (Arrangement for Computer Programs) Instrument 2023.

2 Commencement

1. Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

2. Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3 Authority

This instrument is made under subsection 7C(1) of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989.

4 Definitions

Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in subsection 3(1) of the Act, including the following:
(a) Secretary;
(b) therapeutic goods.

In this instrument:

Act means the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989.

SARA means the database known as the System for Australian Recall Actions, maintained by the Therapeutic Goods Administration.

Therapeutic Goods Administration, or TGA means the part of the Department known as the Therapeutic Goods Administration.

therapeutic goods information has the meaning given by subsection 61(1) of the Act.

5 Arrangement for computer programs

The use of the computer program mentioned in column 2, of each item in the table in Schedule 1, is arranged for the purposes mentioned in column 3.

6 Repeals

Each instrument that is specified in Schedule 2 is repealed as set out in the applicable items in that Schedule.

Schedule 1 - Arrangement for computer programs

Note: See section 5.

Note 1: At commencement, the instrument made under subsection 61(5D) relating to the System for Australian Recall Actions is the Therapeutic Goods (System for Australian Recall Actions) (Information) Specification 2023, which is a legislative instrument made under subsection 61(5D) of the Act and may be accessed at www.legislation.gov.au.

Note 2: Under subsection 61(5C) of the Act, the Secretary may release to the public therapeutic goods information of a kind specified under subsection 61(5D).

Schedule 2 - Repeals

Note: See section 6.