1982 No. 28
MEDICINES

The Medicines (Sale Or Supply) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Amendment Regulations 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 53(4) and 129(1) 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 these regulations 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 regulations:—

Citation and commencement1.

These regulations may be cited as the Medicines (Sale or Supply) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Amendment Regulations 1982 and shall come into operation on 11th February 1982.

Amendment of regulations2.

Regulation 8(2) of the Medicines (Sale or Supply) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 1980 is amended by omitting the word “and” in sub-paragraph (b) and adding, at the end of sub-paragraph (c), the words

“; and

(d)

in the case of capsules, not more than 25 capsules”.

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

These Regulations amend the Medicines (Sale or Supply) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 1980 so as to provide that those medicinal capsules for human use which contain aloxiprin, aspirin, paracetamol or salicylamide and which are on the general sale list may be sold or supplied by retail elsewhere than at a registered pharmacy only in packs of 25 or less, thus making the position of such capsules the same in this respect as that of tablets containing similar ingredients.