Commonwealth: Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial responsibility for approval of RU486) Act 2006 (Cth)

Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial responsibility for approval of RU486) Act 2006 No. 5, 2006 An Act to repeal Ministerial responsibility for approval of RU486, and for related purposes Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Purpose 4 Schedule(s) Schedule 1—Amendment of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial responsibility for approval of RU486) Act 2006 No. 5, 2006 An Act to repeal Ministerial responsibility for approval of RU486, and for related purposes [Assented to 3 March 2006] The Parliament of Australia enacts: 1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial responsibility for approval of RU486) Act 2006. 2 Commencement This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent. 3 Purpose The purpose of this Act is to remove the responsibility for approval of RU486 from the Minister and to provide responsibility for approval of RU486 to the Therapeutic Goods Administration. 4 Schedule(s) Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms. Schedule 1—Amendment of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 1 Subsection 3(1) (definition of restricted goods) Repeal the definition. 2 Section 6AA Repeal the section. 3 Section 6AB Repeal the section. 4 Section 23AA Repeal the section. 5 Subsection 57(9) Repeal the subsection. [Second reading speech made in— Senate on 8 December 2005 House of Representatives on 14 February 2006] (203/05)