I, Tracey Lutton, as delegate of the Secretary of the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, make the following permission.
Dated 12 December 2025
Tracey Lutton
Assistant Secretary
Regulatory Compliance Branch
Health Products Regulation Group
Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
Contents
- Name
- Commencement
- Authority
- Definitions
- Permission
- Repeals
Schedule 1 - Permission
Schedule 2 - Repeals
1 Name
This instrument is the Therapeutic Goods (Restricted Representations—Patient Health Organisations) Permission 2025.
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.
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
| 1. The whole of this instrument | The day after this instrument is made. | 13 December 2025 |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 section 42DK 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:
- advertise;
- therapeutic goods;
- Therapeutic Goods Advertising Code.
In this instrument:
Act means the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989.
patient health organisation means an organisation that represents the interests of healthcare consumers, and includes an organisation that provides support and resources for healthcare consumers.
Note: This instrument does not apply to organisations mentioned in paragraphs 24(6)(a) to (e) of the Therapeutic Goods Advertising Code, including hospitals and healthcare facilities, which are prohibited from endorsing therapeutic goods.
restricted representation means a representation referred to in section 42DD of the Act.
serious form, in relation to a disease, condition, ailment or defect, has the same meaning as in section 28 of the Therapeutic Goods Advertising Code.
5 Permission
For subsection 42DK(1) of the Act, in relation to each item in the table in Schedule 1, the restricted representations specified in column 2 are permitted to be used in advertisements about the therapeutic goods specified in column 3, subject to the conditions (if any) specified in column 4.
6 Repeals
Each instrument that is specified in Schedule 2 is repealed as set out in the applicable items in that Schedule.
Schedule 1 - Permission
Note: See section 5.
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Item | Restricted representations | Therapeutic goods | Conditions |
| 1 | a representation that refers to the name of a patient health organisation, in circumstances where that name relates to, or can be taken to relate to, a serious form of a disease, condition, ailment or defect | therapeutic goods for which:
| both of the following:
|
Note: An example of a statement to the effect that the endorsement is based on valuable consideration given to the patient health organisation may include a statement that the advertiser provides a portion of the proceeds from the sale of the goods to a specific patient health organisation.
Schedule 2 - Repeals
Therapeutic Goods (Restricted Representations - Patient Health Organisations) Permission 2021
1 The whole of the instrument
Repeal the instrument.