The Medicines (Collection and Delivery Arrangements—Exemption) Order 1978

This Order may be cited as the Medicines (Collection and Delivery Arrangements—Exemption) Order 1978 and shall come into operation on 30th October 1978.

In this Order “the Act” means the Medicines Act 1968 and other expressions have the same meanings as in the Act.

Except in so far as the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Order to any provision of any enactment shall be construed as a reference to that provision as amended or extended by any enactment or instrument and as including a reference to any provision which may re-enact or replace it.

The rules for the construction of Acts of Parliament contained in the Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the purposes of the interpretation of this Order as they apply for the purposes of the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

The restrictions imposed by sections 52 and 53 of the Act shall not apply to the supply of any medicinal product for human use on premises which are not a registered pharmacy where such supply is in accordance with a prescription given by a doctor or dentist and forms part of a collection and delivery arrangement used by a person who lawfully conducts a retail pharmacy business.

In this Article “collection and delivery arrangement” means any arrangement whereby a person is enabled to take or send a prescription given by a doctor or dentist to premises other than a registered pharmacy and to collect or have collected on his behalf from such premises a medicinal product prepared or dispensed in accordance with such prescription at a registered pharmacy by or under the supervision of a pharmacist if such premises at which the medicinal product is supplied are capable of being closed by the occupier so as to exclude the public.