Act No. 13, 2003 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. MEDICINES AND RELATED SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT, 2003 Delegation of powers, and assignment of duties and functions Regulations Exemptions Transitional provisions Repeals, amendments and savings Short title and commencement SCHEDULE - LAWS REPEALED OR AMENDED BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of Namibia as follows: Definitions 1. (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise indicates ­ “advertisement”, in relation to a medicine or a scheduled substance, means a written, a pictorial, a visual or other descriptive matter or verbal statement or reference ­ (a) appearing in a newspaper, a magazine, a pamphlet or other publication; (b) broadcast on television or radio; (c) distributed to members of the public; or (d) brought to the notice of members of the public in any manner, which is intended to promote the sale of that medicine or scheduled substance, and “advertise” has a corresponding meaning; “analyst” means an analyst to whom authority has been granted under section 37; “animal” means animal as defined in the Animal Diseases and Parasites Act, 1956 (Act No. 13 of 1956); ��appeal committee” means the appeal committee referred to in section 34(1); “authorised prescriber” means a medical practitioner, a dentist, a veterinarian or a person authorised to prescribe a medicine under section 31(1) or (2); “certificate of registration” means a certificate of registration issued in terms of section 19(7)(b), 20(4)(b) or 21(4)(c); “chairperson” means the person elected as chairperson of the Council in terms of section 7(1); “committee” means a committee established by the Board under this Act; “complementary medicine” means a substance or a mixture of substances prepared and used or purported to be suitable for use in ­ (a) the diagnosis, treatment, mitigation, modification, or prevention, of a disease, abnormal physical or mental state, or the symptoms thereof, in humans or animals; or (b) restoring, correcting or modifying any somatic, psychic or organic function in humans or animals, in accordance with the principles of any of the following disciplines: