Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00036:clause:5a_10
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00036
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 5A cl 10
Character Range: 562972–569975

10        Therapeutic goods imported into Australia by a medical practitioner or a member of a medical team (being 1 or more persons under the professional supervision of a medical practitioner)                                                                                                                                                                                                (a) the medical practitioner or medical team must be accompanying a person to Australia who:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       (i) has a critical illness; and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       (ii) is under the direct care and supervision of the practitioner or team; and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  (b) the goods must be for use in the treatment of the person who has the critical illness; and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  (c) the importation of the goods must not be prohibited under the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956; and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  (d) the quantity of the goods must be consistent with the quantity required for the treatment of the person mentioned in paragraph (b); and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  (e) the goods must not be supplied to, or used in the treatment of, a person other than the person mentioned in paragraph (b); and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  (f) any portion of the goods that is unused at the end of the visit must be destroyed or removed from Australia; and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  (g) the medical practitioner, or a member of the medical team, must be responsible for the control and custody of the goods while the practitioner or team is in Australia; and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  (h) the person mentioned in paragraph (g) must:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       (i) carry a list, in English, of the quantity and nature of the therapeutic goods imported; and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       (ii) for each of the goods that is not a biological—include in the list the generic name and strength of the active ingredient of the goods; and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       (iii) keep a record of the use of the goods while the medical practitioner or medical team is in Australia; and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       (iv) produce the list or record for inspection at the request of a customs officer or a person who is an authorised officer for the purposes of a provision of Part 5 of these Regulations.