The Medicines (Contract Lens Fluids and Other Substances) (Exemption from Licences) Amendment Order 1979

• Citation: S.I. 1979/1745
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This order, which may be cited as the Medicines (Contact Lens Fluids and Other Substances) (Exemption from Licences) Amendment Order 1979, amends the Medicines (Contract Lens Fluids and Other Substances) (Exemption from Licences) Order 1979 (hereinafter referred to as “ the principal order ”) and shall come into operation on 1st January 1980.

Section 2 Amendments to Article 1 of the principal order

In Article 1 of the principal order, paragraph (2) shall be amended by the deletion of the definition of “contact lens” and immediately after paragraph (2) the following paragraph shall be inserted—

(2A) In the definition of ‘contact lens substance’ in paragraph (2), the expression ‘ contact lens ’ refers only to a contact lens which consists of a thin curved shell of glass, plastic or other hard or soft material intended for use by being applied to the human eyeball.