The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 3) Order 2000 No. 3231

Amendment of Schedule 1 to the principal Order

2.  In Schedule 1 to the principal Order (which specifies substances which, if included in medicinal products, make those products prescription only medicines, and exemptions from the restrictions on the sale and supply of prescription only medicines), in relation to the substance Levonorgestrel, there are inserted the following entries—

• in column 2—

  • “0.75mg”; and

• in column 3—

  • “for use as an emergency contraceptive in women aged 16 years and over”.