Commencement: 27.6.88

REPUBLIC OF VANUATU

THE JOINT SALE OF MEDICINES (PROHIBITION) (AMENDMENT) ACT
No. 9 OF 1988

Arrangement of Sections

1. Amendment of section 2 of the Joint Regulation No. 32 of 1966.
2. Insertion of section 2A in the Regulation.
3. Amendment of section 3 of the Regulation.
4. Commencement.

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Assent: 12.4.88
Commencement: 27.6.88

JOINT SALE OF MEDICINES (PROHIBITION) (AMENDMENT) ACT

No. 9 OF 1988

An Act to amend the Joint Sale of Medicines (Prohibition) Regulation No.32 of 1966.

BE IT ENACTED by the President and Parliament as follows:-

AMENDMENT OF SECTION 2 OF THE JOINT REGULATION No. 32 OF 1966

1. Section 2 of the Joint Sale of Medicines (Prohibition) Regulation No. 32 of 1966 (in this Act referred to as the “Regulation”) is amended by the repeal of subsections (3) and (4) of that section.

INSERTION OF SECTION 2A IN THE REGULATION

2. The following section is inserted after section 2 of the Regulation:

“REGULATION

2A. (1) The Minister may by order make regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of this Regulation – 

(a) regulating the sale of medicines; or

(b) prohibiting the sale of any medicines except upon the prescription of a medical practitioner or dental practitioner or veterinary surgeon.

(2) Any regulation made under subsection (1) may authorize the Principal Pharmacist to make and issue notices or directives with respect to such matters prescribed by that regulation.”

AMENDMENT OF SECTION 3 OF THE REGULATION

3. Section 3 of the Regulation is amended by the repeal of subsection (1) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following subsection;

“(1) No person shall sell wholesale any medicine otter than those as may be prescribed under section 2A (1) to any person other than a pharmacist or druggist-”

COMMENCEMENT

4. This Act shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Gazette.

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