4. In section 118 of the Medicines Act 1968(1) (restrictions on disclosure of information), after subsection (1) insert–
“(1A) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply if–
(a)the person making the disclosure is, or is acting on behalf of a person who is, a public authority for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, and
(b)the information is not held by the authority on behalf of another person.”
1968 c. 67, as amended by section 32(2) of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43).