Medicines (Advertisements by Healthcare Institutions) (Exemption) (Amendment) Order 2021

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 30 Dec 2021

No. S 1046

Medicines Act

(CHAPTER 176)

Medicines
(Advertisements by Healthcare Institutions)
(Exemption) (Amendment) Order 2021

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 51(4)(b) of the Medicines Act, the Minister for Health makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order is the Medicines (Advertisements by Healthcare Institutions) (Exemption) (Amendment) Order 2021 and comes into operation on 3 January 2022.

Deletion and substitution of paragraph 2

2. Paragraph 2 of the Medicines (Advertisements by Healthcare Institutions) (Exemption) Order 2004 (G.N. No. S 279/2004) is deleted and the following paragraph substituted therefor:

“Exemption from section 51(1)(b) of Act

2. Section 51(1)(b) of the Act does not apply in relation to any advertisement published or caused to be published by —

(a)	a person who is licensed under the Healthcare Services Act 2020 to provide any licensable healthcare service; or
(b)	a person who holds a licence for a healthcare institution under the Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics Act 1980.”.

Made on 28 December 2021.

CHAN YENG KIT

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Health,
Singapore.

[MH 36:38; AG/LEGIS/SL/176/2020/2 Vol. 1]

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