Singapore legislation

Clause 3

of Health Products Bill

Clause 3

Purposes of Act

The purposes of this Act are —

(a)

to provide for the categorisation of health products in accordance with their different characteristics and uses;

(b)

to provide the framework for a uniform approach for —

(i)

the registration of health products; and

(ii)

the regulation of the manufacture, import, supply, storage, presentation and advertisement of health products;

(c)

to allow for each category of health product to be registered and regulated by reference to its formulation, composition, design specification, quality, safety and efficacy and within the framework provided by this Act; and

(d)

to prescribe the standards for health products in relation to their formulation, composition, design specification, quality, safety, efficacy and presentation.