Measure

If the Council believes it is not in the public's interest for a medicine or scheduled substance to be available, it can:

1. Issue a Notice:
   - Direct a person via written notice or through the Gazette to:
     - Return the medicine or substance in their possession to the manufacturer, supplier, or importer.
     - Deliver or send the medicine to another person designated by the Council.

2. Direct Manufacturers, Suppliers, or Importers:
   - Instruct them, via written notice, to manage any quantity of the specified medicine or substance, including those returned in response to previous directions.

33. (1) If the Council is of the opinion that it is not in the public interest that a medicine or a scheduled substance be made available to the public, the Council may -

(a) by notice in writing handed or transmitted by registered post to any person direct that person; or

(b) by notice in the Gazette direct any person, to -

(i) return any quantity of that medicine or scheduled substance in his or her possession to the manufacturer, supplier or importer of that medicine or scheduled substance; or

(ii) deliver or send that medicine to any other person designated by the Council. [subsection (1) amended by Act 8 of 2007]

(2) The Council may, by notice in writing, direct any -

(a) manufacturer, supplier or importer of a medicine or a scheduled substance referred to in subsection (1), who has any quantity of that medicine or scheduled substance, including any quantity returned to him or her in pursuance of a direction made under subsection (1);