Medicines (Medical Advertisements) (Amendment) Regulations 2019

No. S 96

Medicines Act

(CHAPTER 176)

Medicines (Medical Advertisements)
(Amendment) Regulations 2019

In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 52 and 74 of the Medicines Act, the Minister for Health makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the Medicines (Medical Advertisements) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 and come into operation on 2 April 2019.

New regulation 13A

2. The Medicines (Medical Advertisements) Regulations (Rg 2) (called in these Regulations the principal Regulations) is amended by inserting, immediately after regulation 13, the following regulation:

“Transfer of permit

13A. A person must not transfer a permit granted under regulation 3 unless —

(a)	the person has made an application in such form as the licensing authority may require to transfer the permit to another person; and
(b)	the application is approved by the licensing authority.”.

Amendment of regulation 14

3. Regulation 14(1) of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting the word “or” at the end of sub‑paragraph (b); and

(b)

by deleting the comma at the end of sub‑paragraph (c) and substituting the word “; or”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub‑paragraph:

“(d)	an application to transfer one or more permits,”.

Deletion and substitution of Schedule

4. The Schedule to the principal Regulations is deleted and the following Schedule substituted therefor:

“THE SCHEDULE

Regulation 14(1)

FEES

Application fee for a permit for —

(a)	a medical advertisement using light and sound projection

$206

(b)	any other medical advertisement that is not a sales promotion

$103

Application fee for a permit for a sales promotion, in addition to the fee in item 1, if any

$103

Fee for a permit, for the first year, for —

(a)	a medical advertisement using light and sound projection

$103

(b)	any other medical advertisement that is not a sales promotion

$103

Fee for a permit, for the first year, of a sales promotion, in addition to the fee in item 3, if any

$103

Fee for the renewal of a permit, for each subsequent year, for —

(a)	a medical advertisement using light and sound projection

$309

(b)	any other medical advertisement that is not a sales promotion

$206

Fee for the renewal of a permit, for each subsequent year, for a sales promotion, in addition to the fee in item 5, if any

$206

Fee for an application to amend a permit

$52

Fee for an application to transfer one or more permits to another person

$16

”.

[G.N. Nos. S 679/2005; S 27/2007; S 548/2016]

Made on 8 February 2019.

CHAN HENG KEE

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Health,
Singapore.

[HSA/Legal/2019:03; AG/LEGIS/SL/176/2015/10 Vol. 1]

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