Section 4A: Agency cooperation

4A. Agency cooperation (1) Notwithstanding any other enactment, the Permanent Secretary may, through an electronic system or in such other appropriate manner, share with another public sector agency or statutory body, such information as may be mutually agreed upon and which the public sector agency or statutory body may require for the discharge of its functions in respect of – (a) any substance listed in the First, Second, Third and Fourth Schedules; (b) the production, manufacture, or import or export transactions in relation to any substance referred to in paragraph (a); (c) producers, manufacturers, importers or exporters; (d) wholesalers, retailers, distributors or purchasers; or Acts 2021 255 (e) data or information which is required for the purpose of enforcement. (2) No public sector agency or statutory body shall disclose any information obtained pursuant to subsection (1) to a third party. (c) in section 25, by adding the following new subsections – (cid:3) (cid:3) (cid:11)(cid:22)(cid:12)(cid:3) (cid:11)(cid:68)(cid:12)(cid:3)(cid:3) (cid:36)(cid:3)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:76)(cid:191)(cid:72)(cid:71)(cid:3)(cid:83)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:86)(cid:82)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:86)(cid:75)(cid:68)(cid:79)(cid:79)(cid:15)(cid:3)(cid:72)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:87)(cid:85)(cid:82)(cid:81)(cid:76)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:79)(cid:79)(cid:92)(cid:3)(cid:82)(cid:85)(cid:3) in such manner as the Permanent Secretary may determine, enter any transaction of substances into a register. (b) The entry under paragraph (a) shall indicate – (i) the date of the transaction; (ii) the name and the quantity of the product transacted; (iii) the name of the medical practitioner, purchaser and the vendor, as the case may be; and (iv) such other information as may be required. (4) In this section – “person” – (a) in respect of a transaction for a dangerous drug listed in the Second, Third and Fifth Schedules, means a pharmacist; or (b) in respect of a substance listed in the Fourth Schedule, means a manufacturer, an importer, an exporter, a wholesaler and a retailer. (d) in section 27 – (i) in subsection (1), by deleting the words “wholesale trading or distribution except for distribution by retail” and replacing them by the words “, retail trading or distribution”; 256 Acts 2021 (ii) by repealing subsection (3) and replacing it by the following subsection – (3) For the purpose of this section, every manufacturer, importer, exporter, wholesaler or retailer shall, in respect of any acquisition, transfer or sale of substances listed in the Fourth Schedule, record, in the register, without blank spaces, erasures or overwriting, so as to indicate the date of the operation, the name and the quantity of the product acquired, transferred or sold, and the name, address and profession of both the purchaser and the vendor. (iii) in subsection (6), by inserting, after the words “police (cid:82)(cid:73)(cid:191)(cid:70)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:180)(cid:15)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:90)(cid:82)(cid:85)(cid:71)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:179)(cid:82)(cid:85)(cid:3)(cid:70)(cid:88)(cid:86)(cid:87)(cid:82)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:82)(cid:73)(cid:191)(cid:70)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:180)(cid:30) (e) in section 28, by adding the following new subsection, the existing provision being numbered as subsection (1) – (2) Notwithstanding any other enactment and subject to section 27(5), an inspection may be carried (cid:82)(cid:88)(cid:87)(cid:3)(cid:69)(cid:92)(cid:3)( d:75)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:90)(cid:82)(cid:85)(cid:71)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:179)(cid:82)(cid:85)(cid:3)(cid:70)(cid:88)(cid:86)(cid:87)(cid:82)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:82)(cid:73)(cid:191)(cid:70)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:180)(cid:30) (e) in section 28, by adding the following new subsection, the existing provision being numbered as subsection (1) – (2) Notwithstanding any other enactment and subject to section 27(5), an inspection may be carried (cid:82)(cid:88)(cid:87)(cid:3)(cid:69)(cid:92)(cid:3)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:92)(cid:3)(cid:82)(cid:73)(cid:191)(cid:70)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:3)(cid:82)(cid:73)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:48)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:76)(cid:86)(cid:87)(cid:85)(cid:92)(cid:15)(cid:3)(cid:68)(cid:3)(cid:83)(cid:82)(cid:79)(cid:76)(cid:70)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:82)(cid:73)(cid:191)(cid:70)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:15)(cid:3)(cid:68)(cid:3)(cid:70)(cid:88)(cid:86)(cid:87)(cid:82)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:3) (cid:82)(cid:73)(cid:191)(cid:70)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:3)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:71)(cid:3)(cid:86)(cid:88)(cid:70)(cid:75)(cid:3)(cid:82)(cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:3)(cid:83)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:86)(cid:82)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:68)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:51)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:72)(cid:81)(cid:87)(cid:3)(cid:54)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:72)(cid:87)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:92)(cid:3)(cid:80)(cid:68)(cid:92)(cid:3) determine. (f) in section 47(5)(a), by inserting, after the words “in addition to any penalty imposed by the Court”, the words “and subject to any order made under the Asset Recovery Act or under section 16 of the Good Governance and Integrity Reporting Act,”; (g) in section 52 – (cid:11)(cid:76)(cid:12)(cid:3) (cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:86)(cid:88)(cid:69)(cid:86)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:87)(cid:76)(cid:82)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:11)(cid:20)(cid:12)(cid:15)(cid:3)(cid:69)(cid:92)(cid:3)(cid:71)(cid:72)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:87)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:74)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:90)(cid:82)(cid:85)(cid:71)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:179)(cid:83)(cid:85)(cid:82)(cid:83)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:3)(cid:82)(cid:73)(cid:191)(cid:70)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:180)(cid:3) wherever they appear and replacing them by the words (cid:179)(cid:70)(cid:88)(cid:86)(cid:87)(cid:82)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:82)(cid:73)(cid:191)(cid:70)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:180)(cid:30) (ii) by repealing subsection (2). Acts 2021 257