Therapeutic Products Act Repeal Bill
This bill cancels a 2023 law called the Therapeutic Products Act, which was going to create new rules for medicines, medical devices, and natural health products (like supplements). That 2023 law hadn't started yet — it was set to begin in September 2026. By cancelling it, the older laws already in place (from 1981 and 1985) will keep running instead. The Government says it plans to write new rules in the future, but for now things stay as they are.
What this affects
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The bill means the rules for medicines, medical devices, and health supplements stay under the older 1981 and 1985 laws instead of switching to the newer 2023 law.
The main purpose of the Therapeutic Products Act Repeal Bill is to repeal the Therapeutic Products Act 2023.
The effect of this repeal... is that the Medicines Act 1981 and the Dietary Supplements Regulations 1985 will continue in force.
The Government intends to develop new proposals for the regulation of medicines, medical devices, and natural health products.
Progress through Parliament
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