2.—(1) The restrictions imposed by section 52 shall not apply during the period set out in paragraph (2) to the sale, offer or exposure for sale or supply of any medicinal product which is for use by being administered to human beings and in respect of which a product licence has been granted containing, or has been varied so as to contain, a provision to the effect that the method of sale or supply of that product may be otherwise than by or under the supervision of a pharmacist (whether the grant or variation is made before, on or after the date on which this order comes into operation), if and so long as the conditions specified in section 53 are fulfilled.
(2) The period referred to in paragraph (1) is—
(a)where the product licence is granted containing the provision referred to in paragraph (1), that of two years from the date of the grant of that licence, and
(b)where the product licence is varied so as to contain the provision referred to in paragraph (1), that of one year from the date of that variation of that licence.