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This Cabinet material outlines the assessment framework used, and consultation undertaken to inform the Medical Products Bill: Sunscreen regulation and other policy matters.

Titles of Cabinet paper:

  • Medical Products Bill: Sunscreen regulations and other policy matters.

Titles of minutes:

  • Report of the Cabinet Social Outcomes Committee: Period Ending 3 April 2026 (CAB-26-MIN-0112)
  • Minute of Decision: Medical Products Bill: Sunscreen regulation and other policy matters (SOU-26-MIN-0028)

Additional Documents

  • Briefing: Reducing harm from the misuse of medicines and controlled drugs via the Medical Products Bill (H2025060700)
  • Briefing: Use of standing orders, and off-label and unapproved medicines under the Medical Products Bill (H2025066825)
  • Briefing: Modernising regulation of controlled drug medicines (H2025072863)
  • Briefing: Fast-track improvements to medicines regulation under the Medical Products Bill (H2026079093)
  • Briefing: Request to lodge a Medical Products Bill Cabinet paper on sunscreens and other policy matters (H2026080460)

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