6 1'10. 24279 Ar l 1'10.59.2002 (e' (d) (ro) (j) (g) (II) m GOVERNMENTGAZETTF.. 17 JANUARY ~II().~ MEDICINES AND RELATED SUBSTANCES AMENDMEI\'T ACr. 2002 the substilution for subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subsection (9) of the following subparagraph: "(il acquire. use. possess. manufacture or supply any Schedule 1 2! Schedule 8 substance. or manufacture any specified Schedule 5 or Schedule 6 substanCe unless he or she has been issued with a permit by tilt: Director-General for such acquisition. u~. possession. manufacture. or supply: Provided that the Director.(Jeneral may. subject to such conditions as he or she may detcrminr. acquire or authorise the use of any Schedule 7 or Schedule 8 substance in order to provide a medica) practitioner. analyst. researcher or veterinarian therewith on the prescribed conditions for thr treatment or preventiOfl o f a medical condition in a panicular patient. or for the purposes of education. analysis or research:": the substitution for paragraph (a) of subsection ( II 1 of the following paragraph: "(a) No person shall impon or expon any specified Schedule 5. Schedule 6 lor). Schedule 1 or Schedule 8 substance or other substance or medicine prescribed for that purpose unless a permit has been i s~ ued to him or her by the Director-General in the prescribed manner and subject to (the prescribed) such conditions as mav be determir'ICd bv the Director-General:" : the substitution for subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subsection ( 12) of the fol lowi ng subparagraph: "(i) any specified Schedule 5. Schedule 6 (or ): Schedule 7 or Schedule 8 substance;": tnc substitution for paragraph (b) of subsection 12 of the following paragraph: "(b) The obtaining of import or expon penn its as required in tenns of subsection (II) shall not apply to any preparation which contains a substance as prescribed which is specifically exempted from all control measures for the obtaining of such impon or expon pennits by the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs refem:d to in paragraph (a'.": the substitulion for paragraph (e) of subsection ( 12) of the following paragraph: "(e) Notwithstanding paragraph (b). no such imponation or exponatioll shall take place unless authorised by the Direclor-General.": the substitution for parag rap h (a) of subsection ( 14) of 1hc following paragraph: "(a) II pharmacisl's assista nt shall not handle any spec ified Schedule:; or Sched ule 6 substance except as conte mplated in subsection (5)(a) and (b): and": and Ihe substitution for paragraph (b) of subsection (16) of Ihe fo llowi ng paragraph: "(b) any person may possess a Schedule 3. Schedule 4. Schedule 5(,1 or Schedule 6 Lor Schedule 7) substance if he or she is in possession of a prescription issued by an authorised prescriber:". 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 Amendment of stCtion 22C of Act 101 of 1965, as inserted by seetion 14 of Acl 90 of 1997 6. Section 22C of the principa1 Act is amended by(a) the substitution for paragraph (b) of subsection (I) of the following paragraph: "(b) tnc council may. on application in the prescribed manner and on 50 payment of the prescribed fee . issue to a manufacturer. wholesaler or distributor of a medicine or medical device a licence to manufacture. impon or expon. act as a wholesaler of or distribute. as the case may be. such medicine or medical device. upon such conditions as to the application of such acceptable quality assurance 55 principles and good manufacturing and distribution practices as the council may delennine.'-: