Section 18
Exemptions and savings
(1)
The Authority may exempt from the provisions of section 10(1), any person who wishing to import any medicinal product for the purpose of research in a school of pharmacy or a research or training institution or in order to obtain samples solely for the purpose of registration.
(2)
The requirement of section 10(1) as regards a licence to manufacture or supply does not apply to the dispensing, or the doing of any act falling within the definition of “manufacture” in section 2(1) which is necessary for the dispensing, of any medicine for the purpose of its being used for medical treatment by the following persons and in the following circumstances —
(a)
a pharmacist or a person working under the immediate personal supervision of a pharmacist in a retail pharmacy; and
(b)
a person acting in the course of his duties under the supervision of a pharmacist who is employed in a hospital or dispensary maintained by the public or private sector, or out of public funds, or by an approved charity.
(3)
Section 10(1)(a) does not apply to any medicine manufactured by a person and in the circumstances described in subsection (2) if it was manufactured for the purpose of dispensing.
(4)
The Authority may exempt from the provisions of section 10(1), any school of pharmacy or a research or training institution wishing to manufacture any medicinal product for teaching or research purposes.
(5)
The Authority may exempt from the provisions of section 10(1), any person wishing to manufacture any medicinal product solely for the purpose of producing samples for clinical trials or for registration under this
Act.
(6)
The Authority may exempt from the provisions of section 10(1)
any person wishing to manufacture or import any medicinal product solely
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for the purpose of treatment of any person suffering from a life-threatening illness.