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UNDESIRABLE MEDICAL ADVERTISEMENTS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1988

Column I Disease or condition

Column 2

Purposes for which advertising is permitted

Temporary relief of psoriasis by application to an external surface of the body.

Prevention or treatment of contact dermititis and sunburn by means of protective applications.

Treatment of hard skin and corns by means of the application of corn plasters or solvents.

Relief or prevention of common minor skin conditions including dry and

chapped skin, cold sores, pruritus, insect bites, heat rash and napkin rash.

SCHEDULE 2

[s. 3]

PURPOSES FOR WHICH IT IS PROHIBITED TO ADVERTISE ANY MEDICINE, SURGICAL APPLIANCE OR TREATMENT

1. The induction of menstruation or relief of amenorrhea or delayed men- struation or any other gynaecological or obstetrical discasc.

2.

The promotion of sexual virility, desire or fertility, or the restoration of lost youth.

3. The correction of deformity or the surgical alteration of a person's appearance.".

PART II

9. Section 2 is amended-

(a) by being renumbered as subsection (1) thereof; and

(b) by adding-

"(2) For the purposes of this Ordinance-

(a) the sale or supply, or offer or exposure for sale or supply,

of any-

(i) medicine;

(ii) surgical appliance; or

(iii) treatment,

in a labelled container or package shall constitute the publication of an advertisement;

(b) the supply, inside any container or package containing any medicine, surgical appliance or treatment, of infor- mation relating to that or any other medicine, surgical appliance or treatment shall not constitute the publica- tion of an advertisement.".

Interpretation

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