1972 No. 1198
The Medicines (Termination of Transitional Exemptions) (No. 1) Order 1972
Made
The Secretaries of State respectively concerned with health in England and in Wales, the Secretary of State concerned with health and with agriculture in Scotland, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, acting jointly, in exercise of their powers under sections 17 and 37(3) of the Medicines Act 1968 (as having effect subject to the provisions of Article 2(2) of, and Schedule 1 to the Transfer of Functions (Wales) Order 19691 and section 1(1)(a) of the Northern Ireland (Temporary Provisions) Act 1972) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after consulting such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by the following Order, hereby make the following Order:—
Citation and interpretation1
1
This order may be cited as the Medicines (Termination of Transitional Exemptions) (No. 1) Order 1972.
2
In this order, unless the context otherwise requires “the Act” means the Medicines Act 1968 and other expressions have the same meaning as in the Act.
3
The Interpretation Act 1889 applies for the purpose of the interpretation of this order as it applies for the purpose of the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
Termination of transitional exemptions from licences2
The 1st September 1972 shall be the day appointed for the purposes of subsections (2) to (5) of section 16 of the Act (transitional exemptions) as being the day upon which those subsections shall cease to have effect in relation to anything done on or after that day in so far as it does not either—
a
relate to a substance that is a medicinal product by virtue only of the provisions of section 130(1)(b) of the Act (ingredients), or
b
consist of the sale or offer for sale by way of wholesale dealing of a medicinal product, other than a veterinary drug, which may be lawfully sold by retail otherwise than in accordance with a prescription given by a doctor or dentist, or from premises other than a registered pharmacy (within the meaning of the Act but as modified for the purposes of section 10 of the Act by Article 4 of the Medicines (Retail Pharmacists—Exemptions from Licensing Requirements) Order 19712).
Termination of transitional exemptions from clinical trials and animal test certificates3
The date appointed for the purposes of section 37 of the Act (transitional provisions as to clinical trials and medicinal tests on animals) shall be 1st December 1972.
In witness whereof the official seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 4th August 1972.