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This instrument was repealed and replaced by Therapeutic Goods (Prohibited Representations - Government Health Campaigns) Permission 2019
I, Nicole McLay, as delegate of the Secretary of the Department of Health, make the following permission.
Dated 18 December 2018
Nicole McLay
Assistant Secretary
Regulatory Education and Compliance Branch
Health Products Regulation Group
Department of Health
Contents
Schedule 1 - Specifications: Prohibited representations and conditions
1 Name
This instrument is the Therapeutic Goods (Prohibited Representation - Commonwealth Health Campaigns) Permission 2018.
2 Commencement
- 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.
| Column 1 Provisions | Column 2 Commencement | Column 3 Date/Details |
|---|---|---|
| 1. The whole of this instrument | 1 January 2019. | I January 2019 |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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.
- 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 subsections 42DK(3) and 42DK(4) of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989.
4 Definitions
Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in section 3 of the Act:
In this instrument:
Act means Therapeutic Goods Act 1989.
Commonwealth health campaign means a campaign about a public health matter that is conducted, approved or funded by the Commonwealth.
prohibited representation has the same meaning as in subsection 42DJ(1) of the Act.
5 Permission
For subsections 42DK(3) and 42DK(4) of the Act, in relation to each item, the prohibited representations specified in column 2 of the table in Schedule 1 to this instrument are permitted to be used in an advertisement specified in column 3 of the table about the therapeutic goods specified in column 4 of the table, subject to the conditions (if any) specified in column 5 of the table.
Schedule 1 - Specifications: Prohibited representations and conditions
Note: See section 5.
| Column 1 Item | Column 2 Prohibited representation | Column 3 Advertisement | Column 4 Therapeutic goods | Column 5 Condition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a representation regarding the prevention of the sexually transmitted disease: human papillomavirus | an advertisement which is a Commonwealth health campaign that promotes the use of a therapeutic good in column 4 | a vaccine for the prevention of the sexually transmitted disease: human papillomavirus | |
| 2 | a representation regarding the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases caused by the human papillomavirus, including:
| an advertisement which is a Commonwealth health campaign that promotes the use of a therapeutic good in column 4 | a vaccine for the prevention of the sexually transmitted disease: human papillomavirus | |
| 3 | a representation regarding the prevention of neoplastic diseases caused by the human papillomavirus, including:
| an advertisement which is a Commonwealth health campaign that promotes the use of a therapeutic good in column 4 | a vaccine for the prevention of the sexually transmitted disease: human papillomavirus |