Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00632:section:61:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00632
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 61 (pt 4/5)
Character Range: 1137467–1140273

(6) may:
 (a) relate to therapeutic goods generally or to a class of such goods; and
 (b) authorise the release of therapeutic goods information to persons generally or to a class of persons.
 (7) The Secretary may release therapeutic goods information:
 (a) the release of which is necessary to ensure the safe use of particular therapeutic goods; or
 (b) relating to the reasons for the withdrawal of therapeutic goods from supply in Australia.
 (7A) The Secretary may release to a person, body or authority that is specified, or is of a kind specified, under subsection (7B) vaping goods information of a kind specified under that subsection for a purpose specified under that subsection.
 (7B) For the purposes of subsection (7A), the Minister may, by legislative instrument, specify one or more of the following:
 (a) a person, body or authority;
 (b) kinds of persons, bodies or authorities;
 (c) kinds of vaping goods information;
 (d) purposes.
 (7C) The Secretary may release to the public vaping goods information of a kind specified under subsection (7D).
 (7D) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, specify kinds of vaping goods information for the purpose of subsection (7C).
 (8) Subject to sections 25A and 26AF, therapeutic goods information, or vaping goods information, held by the Department in relation to a matter may:
 (a) be used by the Department in the consideration of another matter within its functions relating to therapeutic goods or vaping goods; and
 (b) be provided to a committee appointed to advise the Minister or the Secretary on matters relating to therapeutic goods or vaping goods, including a committee of the National Health and Medical Research Council.
Note: The Secretary may also disclose therapeutic goods information held by the Department to the Chief Executive Medicare for the purpose of certain data‑matching: see section 132C of the National Health Act 1953.
 (8A) Regulations prescribing fees in respect of applications for information under the regulations:
 (a) may include provision for the payment of deposits on account of such fees; and
 (b) may provide for fees that take into account the time spent by officers of the Department in:
 (i) searching for or retrieving information; or
 (ii) making, or doing anything related to the making of, a decision on an application; and
 (c) may provide for fees that take into account the direct costs incurred by the Commonwealth in making available an officer to supervise the inspection by an applicant of any document containing information to which an application relates.
 (8C) If, under the regulations, a person is liable to pay a fee in respect of an application for information, the Secretary must notify the person, in writing, accordingly, and must give to the person, together with that