8 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. 17 JANUARY 2003 No. 24279 Act No. 59, 2002 MEDICINES AND REl..ATED SUBSTANCES AMENDMENT ACT. 2002 the substitution for subsection (2) of the fallowing subsection : "(2) A licence referred to in subsection (I)(a) shall not be issued unless the applicant has successfully completed a supplementary course (prescribed under the Pharmacy Act. 1974 (Act No, 53 of 1974), by the Interim Pharmacy Council of South Africa) detennined by the 5 Soum African Pharmacy Council after consultation with the Health Professions Council of South Africa, the Allied Health Professions Council of South Africa and the South African Nursing Council:': (c) the substitution for subsection (5) of the followin g subsection: " (5) No person shall compound or dispense a medicine unless he or 10 she is authori sed thereto in tenns of the Phannacy Act. 1974. is a veterinarian or is the holder of a licence as contemplated in subsection (b) (I )ra).", (d ) (e) the substitution for subsection (6) of the followi ng subsection : "(6) No manufacturer, wholesaler or di stributor referred 10 in 15 subsection (l)(b) shall manufacture, impon, expon, act as a wholesaler of or distribute, as the case may be, any medicine (or medical de\'ire] unless he or she is the holder of a licence contemplated in the said subsection.": and the substitution for subsection (7) of the following subsection : 20 "(7) Subsections (5) and (6) shall come into opermion Isix months after the) twelve months from the date of commencement of this section," Amendment orseetion 22F of Act lOt of 1965. as inserted by settion 14 of Act 90 of 1997 25 7. Section 22F is amended by(a} the substitution in subsection ( I) for the words preceding paragraph (a} of the following words: " (1 ) Subject to subsections (2). (3) and (4). a phannacist or a person licensed in terms of section 22C(1)(a) shall- " ; and 30 (b) the substitution for paragraph (a) of subsection (I) of the following paragraph: "(a) infonn all members of the public who visit Ihis or her) Ihe pharmacy or any other place where dispensing takes place. as !he case may be, with a prescription for dispensing, o f the benefits of the substitution for a branded medicine 101') .Q.y an intcrchangeable 35 multi-source medicine. and shall. in the case of a substitution. take reasonable steps 10 inform the person who prescribed the medicine of such substitution; and ". Amendment of section 22G of Act 101 of 1965, as inserted by section 14 of Act 90 of 1997 40 8, Section 22G of the principal Act is amended by(a) the substitution for subsection ( I) of the following subsection: "( I) The Minister shall appoint. for a period not exceeding fi ve vears, such persons as he or she may deem fit to be members of a committee to be known as the pricing committee."; 45 (b) the addition in subsection (2) of the following paragraph: "le) on an appropriate fee to be charged by wholesalers or distri butors or anv other person selling Schedule 0 medicines.": and (e) the substitution for paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of the following paragraph: "(b) No pharmacist or person licensed in tenns of section 22C( I )(a) or 50 wholesaler or distributor shall sell a medicine at a price (greater I higher than the price contemplated in paragraph (a) .... Amendment of section 24 of Act 101 of 1965, as substituted by section 11 of Act 94 uf 1991 and section 15 or Act 90 of 1997 9. Section 24 of the principal Act is amended by(a) the substitution for the existing heading of the following heading: " Appt!al against decision of council or Director-General "; 55