The information of all persons likely to be affected thereby, and notice is hereby given that the said draft rules will be taken into consideiMion after the expiry of period of forty-five days from the date on which the copies of the Official Gazette in which this notification is published are made available to the public

REGD NO D L -33004/99 The Gazette of India

EXTRAORDINARY

PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 73] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2002/MAGHA 17,1923416 GI/2002 (1) 2 _ THE GAZETTE OF INDIA: EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)] MVroTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

(Department of Health)

NOT1FICATK)N

New Delhi, the 6th February, 2002

G.S.R 86(E).—The followBg draft of certain rules further to amend the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945, which the Central Government proposes to u k e, after consultation with the Drugs Technical Advisory Board, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 12 and 33 of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 (23 of 1940), is hereby published as required by the said sections for the informatkMof all persons likely to be affected thereby, and notice is hereby given that the said draft rules will be taken into consideiMion after the expiry of period of forty-five days from the date on which the copies of the Official Gazette in which this notification is published are made available to the public;

Objections or suggestions if any, may be addressed to the Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, NirmanBhawan, New Delhi-1 10011.

Any objections or suggestions which may be received from any person with respect to the said rules before the expiry of the period as specified above will be taken into consideration by the Central Government.

DRAFT RULES

1.(1) These rules may be called the Drugs and Cosmetics (Amendment) Rules, 2002.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their final publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Drugs and CosmeticsRules, 1945, in Schedule C( 1), after serial number 9, the following shall be inserted, namely :•—

"10. In-vitro Blood GroupingSera

11. In-vitro Diagnostic Devices for HTV, HBsAg and HCV."

[F. No. X-11014/13/2001-DMS &PFAJ

DEEPAK GUPTA, Jt. Secy.

Foot Note: The Principal Rules were publised in the Official Gazette vide notification No. F. 28-10/45-H(l) dated December 21,1945 and laSamended vide G.S.R. 909(E) dated 20-12-2001.