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National Medicines Regulatory Authority Act 2015 · As enacted · Part IV · General

38. Establishment of the National Medicines Quality Assurance Laboratory

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

(1)

For the purpose of this Act there shall be a

Division to be known as the National Medicines Quality

Assurance Laboratory (hereinafter referred to as the

“NMQAL”).

(2)

(a)

The National Drug Quality Assurance Laboratory functioning under the Ministry of the Minister on the day immediately preceding the appointed date shall, with effect from the appointed date, be vested with the Authority and shall be deemed to be the NMQAL for the purposes of this

Act.

(b)

All testing assignments and other work assigned to the National Drug Quality Assurance Laboratory and pending on the appointed date, shall, with effect from the appointed date, be carried out and completed by the NMQAL.

(c)

Any officer or employee of the National Drug Quality

Assurance Laboratory may, with effect from the appointed date, be employed in the NMQAL and the provisions of sections 16, 17, 18 and 19 of the National Aquaculture

Development Authority of Sri Lanka Act, No. 53 of 1998

shall mutatis mutandis apply to and in relation to such officer or employee.

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