Medicines Regulations 1984

14 Labelling of related products
  • (1) Every container of a related product must, unless otherwise provided by these regulations, bear a label containing the following information:

    • (a) the trade name of the related product or, if there is no trade name, the appropriate designation of the related product:

    • (b) the name of each active ingredient:

    • (c) the appropriate quantitative particulars of each active ingredient:

    • (d) a description of the related product that indicates the true nature of the related product:

    • (e) a statement of the net weight or volume or number of the contents of the container, as the case may require:

    • (f) any warning statement required by these regulations for the related product:

    • (g) in the case of a related product sold, or intended for sale, for external use,—

      • (i) a statement of directions for use and frequency of use; and

      • (ii) the words Caution: not to be taken, or For external use only, or words of a similar meaning:

    • (h) in the case of a related product sold, or intended for sale, for internal use,—

      • (i) the dose recommended; and

      • (ii) the frequency of that dose:

    • (i) the words Batch Number or Lot Number, or the word Batch or Lot, or the letter B (either alone or inside a circle) followed by the batch or lot number of the related product:

    • (j) where appropriate, an expiry date:

    • (k) the name and address of—

      • (i) the manufacturer or seller of the related product; or

      • (ii) the owner of the rights of manufacture; or

      • (iii) the agent of any person who comes within subparagraph (i) or (ii).

    (2) For the purposes of subclause (1)(k),—

    • (a) an address at a post office is not sufficient:

    • (b) the name and address of a person not ordinarily resident in New Zealand are not sufficient unless the related product is wholly manufactured and packed outside New Zealand:

    • (c) in the case of a body corporate registered in New Zealand, the name of the town in which the body corporate has its registered office is sufficient.

    Regulation 14: substituted, on 1 August 2011, by regulation 8 of the Medicines Amendment Regulations 2011 (SR 2011/245).