ZWE - QH - EXPORT
ANIMAL HEALTH
Zimbabwe / Animal health
VETERINARY MEDICINAL PRODUCTS (VMPs)
EXPORT
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Section 3 (2) Any person who wishes to import or export a substance listed in the Second Schedule shall submit an application to the Director-General in Form P.C.S 1 and such application shall be accompanied by the appropriate fee prescribed in the Schedule.
Section 2. In these regulations—
“authorized person” means—
(a) a person who holds a wholesale dealer’s permit issued in terms of the Medicines and Allied Substances Control (General) Regulations, 1991 and is authorized by a principal to import that principal’s medicines; or
(b) a pharmacy which holds a licence issued in terms of the Act; or
(c) a person who is a medical practitioner or veterinary surgeon who holds a dispensing licence issued in terms of the Act; or
(d) a person who holds a manufacturer’s licence issued in terms of the Act; or
(e) any person or organisation approved as such by the Authority; Issue of permit
Section 6. The Director-General may issue an import or export permit to any authorised person who makes application in terms of section 5 and in issuing such permit the Director-General may impose such conditions as he or she may consider necessary or desirable.
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Section 3.(1) No person shall import or export a substance listed in the Second Schedule without an import or export permit granted by the Authority.
Section 4.(1) Subject to section 13, no person shall import into or export from Zimbabwe any registered medicine otherwise than in accordance with the terms and conditions of a permit issued by the Authority.
(2) No person shall import into or export from Zimbabwe any registered medicine, for the purpose of wholesale dealing, unless he is duly appointed as an authorized importer or exporter by the principal in respect of that medicine.
(3) Notification of appointment of any person as an authorized importer or exporter in terms of subsection (2) shall be made to the Director-General in Form I.E.1.
(4) Any pharmacist, veterinary surgeon, dental practitioner or medical practitioner may import into Zimbabwe any medicine for no other purpose except for resale, from authorized premises, to his or her customers, patients, or clientele, as the case may be.
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Import and Export of certain substances
Section 3.(1) No person shall import or export a substance listed in the Second Schedule without an import or export permit granted by the Authority.
(2) Any person who wishes to import or export a substance listed in the Second Schedule shall submit an application to the Director-General in Form P.C.S 1 and such application shall be accompanied by the appropriate fee prescribed in the Schedule.
(3) An import or export permit referred to in subsection (1) shall state—
(a) the name and address of the importer and the exporter;
(b) the name and address of the consignee, if any;
(c) the name of the substance listed in the Second Schedule;
(d) the quantity of the substance to be imported or exported;
(e) the expected port of exit from the exporting country or Zimbabwe;
Control of imports and exports
Section 4.(1) Subject to section 13, no person shall import into or export from Zimbabwe any registered medicine otherwise than in accordance with the terms and conditions of a permit issued by the Authority.
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Section 3 (8) Any person who imports or exports any substance shall, within thirty days of the import or export of such substance, notify the Authority in Form P.C.S 3 of such import or export.
Section 12. In addition to such terms and conditions as may be fixed in a permit to import or export any medicine, the importer or the exporter of any medicine shall comply with the following conditions—
(a) no import or export of any medicine shall be done through ordinary or registered post; and
(b) the importer or exporter of any medicine shall notify the Authority, within 30 days of the import or export of any medicine by him or her and the notification shall be made in Form I.E. 7.
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Offences and Penalties
Section 7. Any person who—
(a) imports or exports a precursor or any other substance without a permit;
(b) fails to comply with the conditions of a permit; or
(c) for purposes of obtaining a permit, makes a declaration or statement which is false;
shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level seven or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
Offences and penalties
Section 14. Any person who—
(a) imports or exports any medicine without a permit issued in terms of section 6; or
(b) fails to comply with the conditions of a permit issued to him or her;
shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level seven or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.