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GOVERNMENTGAZETTF.. 17 JANUARY
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MEDICINES AND RELATED SUBSTANCES
AMENDMEI\'T ACr. 2002
the substilution for subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subsection (9) of the
following subparagraph:
"(il acquire. use. possess. manufacture or supply any Schedule 1 2!
Schedule 8 substance. or manufacture any specified Schedule 5 or
Schedule 6 substanCe unless he or she has been issued with a permit
by tilt: Director-General for such acquisition. u~. possession.
manufacture. or supply: Provided that the Director.(Jeneral may.
subject to such conditions as he or she may detcrminr. acquire or
authorise the use of any Schedule 7 or Schedule 8 substance in order
to provide a medica) practitioner. analyst. researcher or veterinarian
therewith on the prescribed conditions for thr treatment or
preventiOfl o f a medical condition in a panicular patient. or for the
purposes of education. analysis or research:":
the substitution for paragraph (a) of subsection ( II 1 of the following
paragraph:
"(a) No person shall impon or expon any specified Schedule 5.
Schedule 6 lor). Schedule 1 or Schedule 8 substance or other substance
or medicine prescribed for that purpose unless a permit has been i s~ ued
to him or her by the Director-General in the prescribed manner and
subject to (the prescribed) such conditions as mav be determir'ICd bv the
Director-General:" :
the substitution for subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subsection ( 12) of the
fol lowi ng subparagraph:
"(i) any specified Schedule 5. Schedule 6 (or ): Schedule 7 or Schedule
8 substance;":
tnc substitution for paragraph (b) of subsection 12 of the following paragraph:
"(b) The obtaining of import or expon penn its as required in tenns of
subsection (II) shall not apply to any preparation which contains a
substance as prescribed which is specifically exempted from all control
measures for the obtaining of such impon or expon pennits by the 1961
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs refem:d to in paragraph (a'.":
the substitulion for paragraph (e) of subsection ( 12) of the following
paragraph:
"(e) Notwithstanding paragraph (b). no such imponation or exponatioll shall take place unless authorised by the Direclor-General.":
the substitution for parag rap h (a) of subsection ( 14) of 1hc following
paragraph:
"(a) II pharmacisl's assista nt shall not handle any spec ified Schedule:; or
Sched ule 6 substance except as conte mplated in subsection (5)(a)
and (b): and": and
Ihe substitution for paragraph (b) of subsection (16) of Ihe fo llowi ng
paragraph:
"(b) any person may possess a Schedule 3. Schedule 4. Schedule 5(,1 or
Schedule 6 Lor Schedule 7) substance if he or she is in possession
of a prescription issued by an authorised prescriber:".
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Amendment of stCtion 22C of Act 101 of 1965, as inserted by seetion 14 of Acl 90 of
1997
6. Section 22C of the principa1 Act is amended by(a) the substitution for paragraph (b) of subsection (I) of the following paragraph:
"(b) tnc council may. on application in the prescribed manner and on 50
payment of the prescribed fee . issue to a manufacturer. wholesaler
or distributor of a medicine or medical device a licence to
manufacture. impon or expon. act as a wholesaler of or distribute.
as the case may be. such medicine or medical device. upon such
conditions as to the application of such acceptable quality assurance 55
principles and good manufacturing and distribution practices as the
council may delennine.'-: