REPUBLIC OF FIJI

MEDICINAL PRODUCTS (BUDGET AMENDMENT) ACT 2021

ACT NO. 25 OF 2021

I assent.

J. K. KONROTE
President
[30 July 2021]
AN ACT
TO AMEND THE MEDICINAL PRODUCTS ACT 2011
ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of Fiji -
Short title and commencement
1. - (1) This Act may be cited as the Medicinal Products (Budget Amendment) Act 2021.
(2) This Act comes into force on 1 August 2021.
Section 41 amended
2. Section 41 of the Medicinal Products Act 2011 is amended by -
	(a) in subsection (1) -
	(i) deleting "authorise" and substituting "appoint"; 
	(ii) in paragraph (i), deleting "officer, person or class of persons employed in the Ministry; or" and substituting "officers, person or class of persons employed by the Ministry;"; and
	(iii) deleting paragraph (ii) and inserting the following new paragraphs -
	"(ii) any officer or class of officers, person or class of persons nominated by the Chief Executive Officer of the Service and employed by the Service; or
	(iii) any other person or class of persons with appropriate qualifications or expertise."; and
	(b) after subsection (2), inserting the following new subsection -
	"(3) In this section, "Service" has the meaning given in section 2 of the Fiji Revenue and Customs Service Act 1998.".

Passed by the Parliament of the Republic of Fiji this 30th day of July 2021.