No. S 385
Medicines Act
(Chapter 176)
Medicines (Medical Advertisements)
(Amendment) Regulations 1997
In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 52 and 74 of the Medicines Act, the Minister for Health hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Medicines (Medical Advertisements) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1997 and shall come into operation on 1st October 1997.
Amendment of regulation 14
2.  Regulation 14 of the Medicines (Medical Advertisements) Regulations (Rg 2) is amended by deleting paragraph (1) and substituting the following paragraph:
(1)  The fees payable for —
(a)an application for a permit;
(b)a permit; or
(c)an amendment of a medical advertisement,
shall be as set out in the Schedule.”.
Deletion and substitution of Schedule
3.  The Schedule to the Medicines (Medical Advertisements) Regulations is deleted and the following Schedule substituted therefor:
THE SCHEDULE
Regulation 14(1)
(a)For each application for a permit (except for advertisements using sound and light projection)
$120.
(b)For each application for a permit in respect of any advertisement using sound and light projection
$300.
(c)For each advertisement in the form of printed material (including stills)
$60.
(d)For each advertisement using sound
$60.
(e)For each advertisement using sound and light projection
$60.
(f)For each sales promotion
$60.
(g)For each amendment of an advertisement
$20.”.
[G.N. Nos. S 275/92; S 97/96]
Made this 21st day of August 1997.
KOH YONG GUAN
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Health,
Singapore.
[PD (DAD) 36:36/1; AG/LEG/SL/176/95/2 Vol. 2]