Therapeutic Goods and Other Legislation Amendment (Vaping Reforms) Act 2024

2 Commencement

Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.

Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.

3 Schedules

Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Note 1: Subject to item 20 of Schedule 4, the provisions of the Therapeutic Goods (Medicines and OTG—Authorised Supply) Rules 2022 amended or inserted by this Act, and any other provisions of that instrument, may be amended or repealed by an instrument made under subsection 19(7A) of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 (see subsection 13(5) of the Legislation Act 2003).

Note 2: Subject to item 20 of Schedule 4, the provisions of the Therapeutic Goods (Poisons Standard—June 2024) Instrument 2024 amended or inserted by this Act, and any other provisions of that instrument, may be amended or repealed by an instrument made under subsection 52D(2) of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 (see subsection 13(5) of the Legislation Act 2003).

Note 3: Subject to item 20 of Schedule 4, the provisions of the Therapeutic Goods (Medical Devices) Regulations 2002 and the Therapeutic Goods Regulations 1990 amended or inserted by this Act, and any other provisions of those regulations, may be amended or repealed by regulations made under section 63 of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 (see subsection 13(5) of the Legislation Act 2003).

4 Review of operation of amendments

The Minister must cause an independent review to be conducted of the operation of the amendments made by Schedules 1, 3 and 4 to this Act and any regulations or other legislative instruments made for the purposes of those amendments.

The review must commence no later than 1 July 2027.

The persons who conduct the review must give the Minister a written report of the review within 6 months after the commencement of the review.

The Minister must cause a copy of the report to be tabled in each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after the report is given to the Minister.