Health (Family Planning) Regulations, 1992.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the Health (Family Planning) Regulations, 1992.
2 Provision of family planning service by a health board.
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paragraphs: (1) Every health board shall, as soon as may be provide or make available a family planning service comprising a comprehensive service for the provision of information, instruction and consultation in relation to methods of family planning.
(2) A health board may make such a service available either wholly or partly by way of an arrangement under section 26 of the Health Act, 1970 (No. 1 of 1970 ) with any person, other than a health board, to provide such a service.
3 Supply of contraceptive sheaths, otherwise than by way of sale.
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paragraphs: Contraceptive sheaths may be supplied to an individual, otherwise than by way of sale, if—
( a ) they are supplied to that person for the purpose of preventing HIV or any other sexually transmissible disease, and
( b ) they are supplied by a person designated in section 4 (1) (b) (i) (I), (II), (III), (IV) or (V) of the Act of 1992 or, subject to the consent of the Minister, by a person providing services relating to HIV or any other sexually transmissible disease.
4 Standards for contraceptive sheaths.
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paragraphs: A person shall not sell contraceptive sheaths or supply contraceptive sheaths otherwise than by way of sale, unless they comply with an official national standard of a Member State of the European Communities or are of a standard which, in the opinion of the Minister, conforms to any such standard.
5 Importation of contraceptives.
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paragraphs: (1) An application for a licence under section 5 (2) of the Health (Family Planning) Act, 1979 shall be in the form set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
(2) In addition to the information furnished in an application for a licence the applicant shall give to the Minister any further information which he may request in relation to the proposed importation.
(3) The fee payable for an import licence shall be—
( a ) £100 where the Minister is satisfied that the contraceptives are required by the person for sale to persons specified in section 4 (1) (b) (i) of the Act of 1992;
( b ) £10 where the person is a person specified in the said section 4 (1) (b) (i).
6 Advertising and display.
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paragraphs: (1) A person may take part in or procure publication of an advertisement or notice in relation to contraceptives, other than contraceptive sheaths, or may display or procure the display of contraceptives where—
( a ) such publication or display relates to family planning services, or
( b ) such publication or display is such only as is reasonably necessary for the informing of
(i) a person providing family planning services in accordance with the Acts,
(ii) a registered medical practitioner,
(iii) a registered pharmaceutical chemist or registered dispensing chemist and druggist,
(iv) a person who is in training with a view to becoming a member of any of the classes of person specified in sub-paragraph (i) to (iii) of this paragraph, or
( c ) such publication or display is arranged by or on behalf of the Minister.
(2) ( a ) Subject to sub-article (3), a person may take part in or procure the publication of an advertisement or notice in relation to contraceptive sheaths, if—
(i) the publication of the advertisement or notice is conducted only through a printed publication, and
(ii) the publication of the advertisement or notice is such only as is reasonably necessary to informing persons about the benefits of the product, and
(iii) the publication does not appear in a publication apparently directed primarily to persons under 17 years of age.
( b ) Sub-Article (a) of this Article does not apply to advertisements or notices in relation to contraceptive sheaths the publication or display of which is arranged by or on behalf of the Minister.
(3) A person may advertise or display contraceptive sheaths, if the advertisement or display is associated with the sale, or supply otherwise by way of sale, of contraceptive sheaths.