Legislation

Therapeutic Goods (Biologicals, Specified Things) Instrument 2021

Therapeutic Goods Administration. Legislative instrument, Australia-wide.

Version: As made, commenced 30 September 2021
Last read: 24 September 2026

The instrument deciding what is and is not a biological for the purposes of the Therapeutic Goods Act. Its Schedule 2 determines that biological medicines are not biologicals, and notes that biological medicines include blood and blood components.

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