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Therapeutic Products Bill - Amendment paper No 383

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Amendment paper Bill enacted Released 18 July 2023 | Ricardo Menéndez March

Therapeutic Products Bill - Amendment paper No 383

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No 383

House of Representatives

Supplementary Order Paper

Tuesday, 18 July 2023

Therapeutic Products Bill

Proposed amendments

Ricardo Menéndez March, in Committee, to move the following amendments:

New clause 194A

After clause 194 (page 126, after line 12), insert:

194A Advertising prescription medicines to public prohibited

(1)

A person in New Zealand must not distribute an advertisement for a prescription medicine other than to a recognised prescriber.

(2)

This section overrides any other provision of this Act.

Clause 253

Replace the heading to clause 253 (page 153, line 14) with “Offences”.

After clause 253(1) (page 153, after line 25), insert:

(1A)

A person commits an offence if they knowingly or recklessly contravene section 194A.

Explanatory note

This Supplementary Order Paper amends the Therapeutic Products Bill to prohibit direct-to-consumer marketing of prescription medicines.
Amendment paper Bill enacted Released 18 July 2023

Therapeutic Products Bill - Amendment paper No 383

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