Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006

PART 3

Amendment of Irish Medicines Board Act 1995

Amendment of section 1 of Irish Medicines Board Act 1995 (interpretation).

10.— Section 1 (1) of the Irish Medicines Board Act 1995 is amended—

(a) by inserting the following before the definition of “the Board”:

“ ‘ administer ’, in relation to a medicinal product (and whether or not the product has been dissolved or dispersed in, or diluted or mixed with, any other substance), means to administer the product to a natural person—

(a) orally,

(b) by injection or other introduction into the body of the person, or

(c) by external application,

and whether or not by direct contact with the body of the person;”;

(b) by inserting the following after the definition of “cosmetic product”:

“ ‘ drug precursor ’ means a scheduled substance as defined in Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 111/2005 of 22 December 2004 1 ;”;

(c) by substituting the following for the definition of “medicinal product”:

“ ‘ medical device ’ means a medical device which falls within any of the definitions of ‘medical device’ in—

(a) Article 1 of Council Directive 90/385/EEC of 20 June 1990 2 ,

(b) Article 1 of Council Directive 93/42/EEC of 14 June 1993 3 , or

(c) Article 1 of Directive 98/79/EC of 27 October 1998 4 ;

‘ medicinal product ’ has the meaning assigned to it by Directive 2001/83/EC of 6 November 2001 5 , as amended from time to time;”;

(d) by inserting the following after the definition of “the Minister”:

“ ‘ premises ’ includes any aircraft, hovercraft, ship, stall or vehicle;”;

(e) in the definition of “recognised trade unions and staff associations”, by substituting “Board;” for “Board.”; and

(f) by adding the following after the definition of “recognised trade unions and staff associations”:

“ ‘ registered dentist ’ means a person registered in the register established under the Dentists Act 1985 ;

‘ registered medical practitioner ’ means a person registered in the General Register of Medical Practitioners established under the Medical Practitioners Act 1978 ;

‘ registered nurse ’ means a person whose name is entered in the register of nurses maintained under section 27 of the Nurses Act 1985 ;

‘ veterinary medicinal product ’ has the meaning assigned to it by Directive 2001/82/EC of 6 November 2001 6 , as amended from time to time.”.

1 OJ L22, 26.01.2005, p.1

2OJ L189, 20.07.1990, p.17

3OJ L169, 12.07.1993, p.1

4OJ L331, 07.12.1998, p.1

5OJ L311, 28.11.2001, p.67

6OJ L311, 28.11.2001, p.1