Act No. 13, 2003
MEDICINES AND RELATED SUBSTANCES
CONTROL ACT, 2003
(4) A person who knowingly fails to comply with subsection (1) or (2) commits
an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding N$8 000 or to imprisonment
for a period not exceeding two years or to both the fine and imprisonment.
Remuneration
10. (1) There must be paid to a member of the Council or of a committee,
who is not in the full-time employment of the State, in respect of his or her services as a
member of the Council or of any such committee, such remuneration as the Minister, in
consultation with the Minister responsible for finance, may determine.
(2) Different amounts of remuneration may be determined under subsection
(1) according to the different offices held on the Council or committee, or the work
performed for the Council or committee, by the persons concerned.
Executive committee
11. (1) The Council must establish from amongst its members an executive
committee, which consists of the chairperson and not more than four other members of
the Council.
(2) Subject to the directions of the Council, the executive committee may
exercise the powers, and must perform the functions, of the Council during the periods
between the meetings of the Council.
(3) Unless specifically empowered by the Council to do so, the executive
committee may not set aside or vary a decision of the Council.
(4) An action taken or a decision made by the executive committee is subject to
review at the first ensuing meeting of the Council.
Veterinary medicines committee
12. (1) The Council must establish a veterinary medicines committee, which
may exercise the powers conferred on, and must perform the functions assigned to, the
veterinary medicines committee by this Act.
(2)
The veterinary medicines committee consists of
(a)
one veterinarian designated by the Council from amongst its members, who
must be the chairperson of the committee;
(b)
two veterinarians designated by the Minister responsible for agriculture;
(c)
one veterinarian designated by the Veterinary Association of Namibia; and
(d)
one pharmacist who is a member of the Council.
(3) The veterinary medicines committee may appoint not more than two other
persons to be additional members of the veterinary medicines committee, subject to
approval by the Council.
(4) Section 6, with the necessary modifications, applies also to those members
of the veterinary medicines committee, who are not members of the Council.
(5) The Council or the Permanent Secretary, as the case may be, may not exercise
any powers, take a decision, or perform a function in terms of section 18(2), 19(4) or
(11), 20(1) or (4), 21(4), 22(1) or (3), 25(2), 27(1) or (3), 29(1), (3), (15), (23), (24), (27)
or (29), 29(1), 31(1), (2), (3), (4) or (5), 32, 33, 37, 42(a)(i), 44(1) or 45 with respect to a
veterinary medicine, unless the veterinary medicines committee recommends so.