Exemption where requirements for prescriptions not metU.K.
246. Regulation 214(1) does not apply to the sale or supply of a prescription only medicine otherwise than in accordance with a prescription given by an appropriate practitioner if—
(a)the sale or supply is otherwise than in accordance with such a prescription because a condition in regulation 217, 218[F1, 219 or 219A] is not met; and
(b)the person selling or supplying the prescription only medicine, having exercised all due diligence, believes on reasonable grounds that the condition is met.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 246(a) substituted (E.W.S.) (1.7.2015) by The Human Medicines (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/903), regs. 1, 6 and words in reg. 246(a) substituted (N.I.) (1.7.2015) by The Human Medicines (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2015 (S.R. 2015/259), regs. 1, 6