The Medicines (Pharmacy and General Sale—Exemption) Amendment Order 1982

Citation and commencement

1.  This order may be cited as the Medicines (Pharmacy and General Sale—Exemption) Amendment Order 1982 and shall come into operation on 11th February 1982.

Amendment of order

2.  In Part I of Schedule 1 to the Medicines (Pharmacy and General Sale—Exemption) Order 1980 paragraph 1 (exemption for sale or supply of medicinal products by state registered chiropodists) is amended by substituting for the entry in column 2 (medicinal products to which the exemption applies) the following entry:—

“1.   Medicinal products on a general sale list which are for external use and are not veterinary drugs and the following pharmacy medicines for external use:—

(a) Potassium permanganate crystals or solution;

(b) ointment of heparinoid and hyaluronidase; and

(c) products containing, as their only active ingredients, any of the following substances, at a strength, in the case of each substance, not exceeding that specified in relation to that substance:—

9.0

per cent Borotannic complex

10.0 per cent Buclosamide

3.0 per cent Chlorquinaldol

1.0 per cent Clotrimazole

10.0 per cent Crotamiton

5.0 per cent Diamthazole hydrochloride

1.0 per cent Econazole nitrate

1.0 per cent Fenticlor

10.0 per cent Glutaraldehyde

0.4 per cent Hydrargaphen

2.0 per cent Mepyramine maleate

2.0 per cent Miconazole nitrate

2.0 per cent Phenoxypropan-2-ol

20.0 per cent Podophyllum resin

10.0 per cent Polynoxylin

70.0 per cent Pyrogallol

70.0 per cent Salicylic acid

0.1 per cent Thiomersal.”.

Norman Fowler

Secretary of State for Social Services

12th January 1982

Nicholas Edwards

Secretary of State for Wales

13th January 1982

George Younger

Secretary of State for Scotland

14th January 1982

IN WITNESS whereof the official seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 13th January 1982.

L.S.

Peter Walker

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Sealed with the official seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland this 13th day of January 1982.

L.S.

N. Dugdale

Permanent Secretary

Sealed with the official seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland this 13th day of January 1982.

J.A. Young

Permanent Secretary