THERAPEUTIC GOODS ACT 1989 - SECT 41MLA Civil penalty for making misrepresentations about medical devices
THERAPEUTIC GOODS ACT 1989 - SECT 41MLA
Civil penalty for making misrepresentations about medical devices(1) A person contravenes this section if:
(a) the person makes a representation of a kind referred to in subsection (2); and
(b) the representation is false or misleading.
Maximum civil penalty:
(a) for an individual--5,000 penalty units; and
(b) for a body corporate--50,000 penalty units.
(2) Subsection (1) applies to the following representations:
(a) representations that medical devices are of a kind included in the Register;
(b) representations that medical devices are exempt devices;
(c) representations that medical devices are the subject of an approval under section 41HB or an authority under section 41HC;
(d) representations that medical devices are the subject of an
approval under subsection 41HD(1), (1A) or (2).