Therapeutic Goods (Exemption) Order 2015 I make the following order under section 22(4) of the Therapeutic Goods Act 2001 . 13 July 2015 MICHAEL DARREL JOSEPH FERGUSON Minister for Health 1. Short title This order may be cited as the Therapeutic Goods (Exemption) Order 2015 . 2. Commencement This order takes effect on the day on which its making is notified in the Gazette. 3. Interpretation (1) In this order – authorised premises means premises at which the supply of needles and syringes by way of a dispensing machine is authorised under a permit issued and in force under Division 1A of Part 3 of the Public Health Act 1997 ; dispensing machine has the same meaning as in section 56A of the Public Health Act 1997 . (2) The Acts Interpretation Act 1931 applies to the interpretation of this order as if it were by-laws. 4. Exemptions (1) A person is exempt from the operation of section 22(1) of the Therapeutic Goods Act 2001 in respect of the following: (a) the installation of a dispensing machine, if the person is installing the dispensing machine on authorised premises; (b) the supply of needles or syringes by means of a dispensing machine installed on authorised premises. (2) A person who occupies or controls authorised premises is exempt from the operation of section 22(2) of the Therapeutic Goods Act 2001 in respect of the following: (a) the installation of a dispensing machine on the premises; (b) the storage of needles or syringes in a dispensing machine installed on the premises; (c) the supply of needles or syringes by means of a dispensing machine installed on the premises. 5. Legislation revoked The legislation specified in Schedule 1 is revoked. SCHEDULE 1 - Legislation revoked Clause 5 Therapeutic Goods (Exemption) Order 2011 (No. 65 of 2011) Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953. Notified in the Gazette on 29 July 2015 This order is administered in the Department of Health and Human Services.