The Medicines (Exemption from Licences) (Wholesale Dealing in Confectionery) Order 1975

Exemption from wholesale dealer's licences

3.—(1) Subject to the provisions of Article 2 of this Order, the restrictions imposed by section 8(3) of the Act shall not apply to the sale or offer for sale by way of wholesale dealing of a medicinal product, other than a veterinary drug, which is for sale as confectionery if, and so long as, the conditions specified in paragraph (2) of this Article are satisfied.

(2) The conditions referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article are—

(a) that the product licence in respect of the medicinal product as aforesaid provides that the product may be sold or offered for sale by way of wholesale dealing by persons exempt from the need to hold a wholesale dealer's licence by virtue of this Order,

(b) that the medicinal product as aforesaid is not sold or offered for sale accompanied by or having in relation to it any particulars in writing specifying that product's curative or remedial function in relation to a disease specified other than in relation to the relief of symptoms of coughs, colds or nasal congestion, and

(c) that the medicinal product as aforesaid may be lawfully sold by retail otherwise than in accordance with a prescription given by a doctor or dentist or from premises other than a registered pharmacy.