No. S 658
Medicines Act
(CHAPTER 176)
Medicines
(Traditional Medicines, Homoeopathic
Medicines and other Substances) (Exemption)
(Amendment) Order 2019
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 9 of the Medicines Act, the Minister for Health makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1.  This Order is the Medicines (Traditional Medicines, Homoeopathic Medicines and other Substances) (Exemption) (Amendment) Order 2019 and comes into operation on 1 January 2020.
Amendment of paragraph 3
2.  The Medicines (Traditional Medicines, Homoeopathic Medicines and other Substances) (Exemption) Order (O 6) is amended by renumbering paragraph 3 as sub‑paragraph (1) of that paragraph, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub‑paragraph:
(2)  Sections 5 and 6 of the Act do not apply to a person in respect of that person selling, offering for sale, supplying, exporting, importing, manufacturing, assembling, or selling or offering for sale by way of wholesale dealing any topical antiseptic that does not contain mercury or any compound of mercury.”.
Deletion and substitution of paragraphs 5 and 6
3.  Paragraphs 5 and 6 of the Medicines (Traditional Medicines, Homoeopathic Medicines and other Substances) (Exemption) Order are deleted and the following paragraphs substituted therefor:
Import of medicinal products solely for re-export
5.—(1)  Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the licensing authority may permit a person, subject to such terms and conditions as the licensing authority thinks fit, to import a medicinal product solely for re‑export without holding a product licence or an import licence.
(2)  Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to the import of a topical antiseptic that contains mercury or any compound of mercury.
Export of medicinal products manufactured solely for export
6.—(1)  Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the licensing authority may permit a person, subject to such terms and conditions as the licensing authority thinks fit, to export a medicinal product manufactured solely for export without holding a product licence.
(2)  Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to the export of a topical antiseptic that contains mercury or any compound of mercury.”.
[G.N. No. S 712/2012]
Made on 29 August 2019.
CHAN HENG KEE
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Health,
Singapore.
[HSA/Legal/2019:19; AG/LEGIS/SL/176/2015/18 Vol. 1]