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HEALTH LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1986 No. 94 of 1986 - SECT 29

29. Section 101 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub-section (4)
and substituting the following sub-sections:

"(4) A drug or medicinal preparation shall not be declared, pursuant to
paragraph 85 (2) (a), to be a drug or medicinal preparation in relation to
which this Part applies unless-

   (a)  the drug or medicinal preparation was, immediately before the
        commencement of this sub-section, a pharmaceutical benefit; or

   (b)  the Committee has recommended to the Minister that it be so declared.

"(4A) A class of drugs or medicinal preparations, or of drugs and medicinal
preparations, shall not be declared, pursuant to paragraph 85 (2) (a), to be a
class of drugs or medicinal preparations, or of drugs and medicinal
preparations, in relation to which this Part applies unless-

   (a)  each member of that class was, immediately before the commencement of
        this sub-section, a pharmaceutical benefit; or

   (b)  the Committee has recommended to the Minister that the class be so
        declared.".