Therapeutic Goods (Minamata Convention) (Information) Specification 2022 (Cth)

Therapeutic Goods (Minamata Convention) (Information) Specification 2022

I, John Skerritt, as delegate of the Minister for Health and Aged Care, make the following specification.

Dated 9 May 2022

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

Contents 1 Name 2 Commencement 3 Authority 4 Definitions 5 Release of therapeutic goods information Schedule 1—Therapeutic goods information

1 Name This instrument is the Therapeutic Goods (Minamata Convention) (Information) Specification 2022.

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.

Commencement information Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Provisions Commencement Date/Details 1. The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 61(5AB) 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. Agriculture Department means the Department responsible for agriculture policy, including agricultural and veterinary chemicals. Australian Border Force has the same meaning as in the Australian Border Force Act 2015. Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme means the scheme established under section 140 of the Industrial Chemicals Act 2019. Environment Department means the Department responsible for environment policy, including environment protection. Home Affairs Department means the Department administered by the Minister administering the Australian Border Force Act 2015. mercury has the same meaning as in the Regulations. Minamata Convention has the same meaning as in the Regulations. Regulations means the Therapeutic Goods Regulations 1990. therapeutic goods information has the meaning given by subsection 61(1) of the Act.