Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

THERAPEUTIC GOODS ACT 1989 - SECT 41MLA

             (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) or (2).