(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Medicines (Products Other Than Veterinary Drugs) (General Sale List) Order 1984 (referred to as “the principal Order”) which specifies classes of medicinal products which can with reasonable safety be sold or supplied otherwise than by or under the supervision of a pharmacist (the general sale list).
The amendments made by this Order are as follows–
Article 2 amends Schedule 1 to the principal Order (medicinal products, other than products the subject of a product licence of right, on general sale) by inserting certain entries (specified in Schedules 1 and 2 to this Order); amending the entry in respect of the substance Benzalkonium Chloride and transferring the entry in respect of the substance Turpentine Oil from Table B (substances in medicinal products for external use only) to Table A (substances in medicinal products for internal or external use).
Article 3 amends Schedule 2 to the principal Order (medicinal products, the subject of a product licence of right, on general sale) by deleting the entry in respect of the substance Danthron.