1982 No. 27
MEDICINES

The Medicines (Pharmacy and General Sale—Exemption) Amendment Order 1982

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into Operation
The Secretary of State concerned with health in England, the Secretaries of State respectively concerned with health and with agriculture in Wales and in Scotland, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland and the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland, acting jointly, in exercise of powers conferred by sections 57(1) and (2) and 129(4) of the Medicines Act 1968 and now vested in them1 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after consulting such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by this order pursuant to section 129(6) of that Act, and after taking into account the advice of the Medicines Commission pursuant to section 129(7) of that Act, hereby make the following order:—

Citation and commencement1.

This order may be cited as the Medicines (Pharmacy and General Sale—Exemption) Amendment Order 1982 and shall come into operation on 11th February 1982.

Amendment of order2.

In Part I of Schedule 1 to the Medicines (Pharmacy and General Sale—Exemption) Order 1980 paragraph 1 (exemption for sale or supply of medicinal products by state registered chiropodists) is amended by substituting for the entry in column 2 (medicinal products to which the exemption applies) the following entry:—

“1.

Medicinal products on a general sale list which are for external use and are not veterinary drugs and the following pharmacy medicines for external use:—

(a)

Potassium permanganate crystals or solution;

(b)

ointment of heparinoid and hyaluronidase; and

(c)

products containing, as their only active ingredients, any of the following substances, at a strength, in the case of each substance, not exceeding that specified in relation to that substance:—

  1. 9.0

    per cent Borotannic complex

  2. 10.0 per cent Buclosamide

  3. 3.0 per cent Chlorquinaldol

  4. 1.0 per cent Clotrimazole

  5. 10.0 per cent Crotamiton

  6. 5.0 per cent Diamthazole hydrochloride

  7. 1.0 per cent Econazole nitrate

  8. 1.0 per cent Fenticlor

  9. 10.0 per cent Glutaraldehyde

  10. 0.4 per cent Hydrargaphen

  11. 2.0 per cent Mepyramine maleate

  12. 2.0 per cent Miconazole nitrate

  13. 2.0 per cent Phenoxypropan-2-ol

  14. 20.0 per cent Podophyllum resin

  15. 10.0 per cent Polynoxylin

  16. 70.0 per cent Pyrogallol

  17. 70.0 per cent Salicylic acid

  18. 0.1 per cent Thiomersal.”.

Norman Fowler
Secretary of State for Social Services
Nicholas Edwards
Secretary of State for Wales
George Younger
Secretary of State for Scotland

IN WITNESS whereof the official seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 13th January 1982.

Peter Walker
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Sealed with the official seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland this 13th day of January 1982.

N. Dugdale
Permanent Secretary

Sealed with the official seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland this 13th day of January 1982.

J.A. Young
Permanent Secretary
EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order amends the Medicines (Pharmacy and General Sale—Exemption) Order 1980 by extending the range of products which may be sold or supplied by state registered chiropodists free from the restrictions on retail transactions in medicinal products imposed by the Medicines Act 1968 by sections 52 (pharmacy only) and 53 (conditions for sale of products on a general sale list).