The Medicines (Exemption from Licences) (Special and Transitional Cases) Amendment Order 1989

• Citation: S.I. 1989/1184
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation and commencement

(1) This Order may be cited as the Medicines (Exemption from Licences) (Special and Transitional Cases) Amendment Order 1989.

(2) Except as provided in article 4, this Order shall come into force on 1st August 1989.

Section 2 Amendment of the Medicines (Exemption from Licences) (Special and Transitional Cases) Order 1971

(1) The Medicines (Exemption from Licences) (Special and Transitional Cases) Order 1971 (c) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this article.

(2) In article 2 of that Order (exemption from product licences for certain special manufactured products):—

(a) in paragraph (1) for the words “and manufacture” there shall be substituted the words “, manufacture or assembly”;

(b) in paragraph (2)(ii) the words “or assembles” shall be added after the word “manufactures”;

(c) In paragraph (2)(iii) and (iv) the words “or assembly” shall be added after the word “manufacture”;

(d) in paragraph 2(v)—

(i) the words “or assembled” shall be added after the word “manufactured”; and

(ii) the words “or assembly” shall be added after the word “manufacture”.

(3) Article 3 of that Order (exemption from manufacturer’s licences for products manufactured in certain circumstances) shall be revoked.

Section 3 Consequential amendments

The Medicines (Chloroform Prohibition) Order 1979 shall be amended by omitting—

(a) the final “, or” in article 3(1)(c)(iii);

(b) article 3(1)(c)(iv) (exceptions to Prohibition Order).

Section 4 Deferred commencement where directions currently in force

For the purposes of any case where a direction issued pursuant to article 3 of the Medicines (Exemption from Licences) (Special and Transitional Cases) Order 1971 is in force on 31st July 1989, the revocation made by article 2 and the amendments made by article 3 shall come into force on 1st February 1990.