Requirement to provide copy advertisement
304.—(1) The Ministers may give a notice in writing under paragraph (2) or (3) to any person appearing to them to be concerned or likely to be concerned with the publication of advertisements relating to medicinal products.
(2) A notice under this paragraph is a notice that requires the person to whom it is given to provide the Ministers within a specified period with a copy of any advertisement that, as at the date of service of the notice, the person has published or proposes to publish and that relates to—
(a)a specified medicinal product; or
(b)medicinal products of a specified class or description.
(3) A notice under this paragraph is a notice that requires the person to whom it is given to provide the Ministers with a copy of any advertisement that the person proposes to publish during a specified period and that relates to—
(a)a specified medicinal product; or
(b)medicinal products of a specified class or description.
(4) The period specified in a notice under paragraph (3) must not exceed 12 months.
(5) A notice under paragraph (3) must specify the number of days before the proposed publication date of any advertisement by which a copy of the advertisement must be provided to the Ministers.
(6) A notice under paragraph (3) may be withdrawn by the Ministers before the expiry of the specified period.
(7) A notice under paragraph (2) or (3) may require the person to whom it is given not to publish, or further publish, during a specified period any advertisement a copy of which the person is required by the notice to provide to the Ministers.
(8) A notice under paragraph (2) or (3) must give the Ministers’ reasons for giving the notice and (if appropriate) for imposing a requirement under paragraph (7).
(9) In this regulation “specified” means specified in the notice.