Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts(1) An application to the chief health officer for the issue of an old approval that, immediately before the commencement day, had not been finally decided is taken to be an application to the chief health officer for the issue of a new approval for the controlled medicine to which the application for the old approval related.
(2) If the application has been referred to the drugs advisory committee and, immediately before the commencement day, the application had not been finally decided by the committee, the application is taken to have been referred to the medicines advisory committee.
(3) For subsection (2), the consideration of the application may be continued under this Act by the medicines advisory committee.
(4) Action under the Drugs of Dependence Act to vary or revoke an old approval that, immediately before the commencement day, had not been finally decided is taken to be the corresponding action under this Act in relation to the new approval.
(5) For subsection (4), a regulation may prescribe what is, and is not, corresponding action in relation to the new approval.
(6) In this section:
"new approval"—see section 531.
"old approval"—see section 531.