Act No. 13, 2003
MEDICINES AND RELATED SUBSTANCES
CONTROL ACT, 2003
Other committees
13. The Council may
(a)
from time to time, establish such other committees as it may consider
necessary to investigate and report to it on a matter, which is within the
purview of the Council in terms of this Act; and
(b)
appoint such persons, including persons other than members of the Council,
as it may consider fit to be members of a committee established in terms of
paragraph (a).
Restriction of liability
14. The Council or a committee or a member of the Council or of any such
committee is not liable for any loss or damage arising out of, or in connection with, the
performance of the Council’s or the committee’s or the member’s duties under this Act,
or in respect of any act or thing done in good faith by the Council or any such committee
or member in the exercise of the powers or the performance of functions under this Act,
unless the loss or damage is due to the Council’s, the committee’s or the member’s
willful misconduct, gross negligence or failure to comply with this Act or a direction or
decision given under it.
Financial year and annual report
15. (1) The financial year of the Council begins on 1 April and ends on 31
March in the following year.
(2) The Council must submit a report to the Minister, not later than 30 September
in each year, relating to the activities of the Council during the previous financial year.
(3) The Minister must lay the report referred to in subsection (2) on the Table
in Parliament within 28 days after the date of the receipt of the report, if Parliament is
then in ordinary session, or, if Parliament is not then in ordinary session, within 28 days
after the commencement of its next ordinary session.
Appointment of Registrar of Medicines
16. (1) Subject to the Public Service Act and after consultation with the
Council, the Minister must appoint a pharmacist to be the Registrar of Medicines.
(2) The Registrar must perform the functions assigned to the Registrar under
this Act and such other duties as the Minister or the Permanent Secretary may from time
to time assign to him or her.
(3)
The Registrar
(a)
must attend meetings of the Council, but has no vote; and
(b)
is the secretary of the Council.
Registers
17.
(1)
The Registrar must keep, separately, in the prescribed form
(a)
the medicines register relating to medicines, which are not veterinary
medicines or complementary medicines;
(b)
a veterinary medicines register relating to veterinary medicines;