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Part 7 · Exceptions — Manufacture, Import and Wholesale of Therapeutic Products Without Licence

52. Import of therapeutic products for personal use without importer’s licence

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(1)

Subject to paragraph (2), a person may, without holding an importer’s licence, import for that person’s personal use or for the use of any member of that person’s family a therapeutic product not containing —

(a)

any psychotropic substance; or

(b)

an amount greater than the amount specified in the second column of the Seventh Schedule of any substance specified in the first column of that Schedule.

(2)

The amount of the therapeutic product imported under paragraph (1) must not exceed a total dosage of 3 months per individual as recommended by —

(a)

the manufacturer of the therapeutic product; or

(b)

a foreign doctor or dentist by way of a written recommendation, or a qualified practitioner by way of a valid prescription.

Subregulation 1

Subject to paragraph (2), a person may, without holding an importer’s licence, import for that person’s personal use or for the use of any member of that person’s family a therapeutic product not containing —

(a)

any psychotropic substance; or

(b)

an amount greater than the amount specified in the second column of the Seventh Schedule of any substance specified in the first column of that Schedule.

Subregulation 2

The amount of the therapeutic product imported under paragraph (1) must not exceed a total dosage of 3 months per individual as recommended by —

(a)

the manufacturer of the therapeutic product; or

(b)

a foreign doctor or dentist by way of a written recommendation, or a qualified practitioner by way of a valid prescription.

Report

Part 8

Exceptions — Supply of Therapeutic Products Without Registration

Part 8A

Exception — Emergency Therapeutic Products

Part 9

Miscellaneous

Schedules