The Medicines (Products Other Than Veterinary Drugs) (General Sale List) Amendment Order 2001

Amendment of Table A of Schedule 1 to the principal Order

4.—(1) In the heading of column 2 of Table A of Schedule 1 to the principal Order for the words “Maximum strength” there are substituted the words “Maximum strength or maximum amount released”.

(2) In Table A of Schedule 1 to the principal Order—

(a) there is inserted in column 1, at the appropriate place in the alphabetical order of entries as they appear in that column, the entry “Gum Ammoniacum”;

(b) against the entry in column 1 for “Cetylpyridinium Chloride”—

(i) in column 3, there are inserted the entries—

“(1) All preparations other than liquid preparations for oral administration

(2) Liquid preparations for oral administration”; and

(ii) in column 4, the entry “3 mg (MD)” is numbered “(1)” and, after that entry, there is inserted the entry “(2) 5 mg (MD)”; and

(c) against the entry in column 1 for “Nicotine”(1)—

(i) in column 2, for the entry “2 mg” there is substituted the entry “(1) 4 mg” and, after that entry, there are inserted the entries “(2) 1 mg”, “(3) 15 mg in 16 hrca”, and “(4) 21 mg in 24 hrca”;

(ii) in column 3, there are inserted the entries—

“(1) Chewing gum

(2) Lozenges

(3) Transdermal patches for continuous application to the skin for a period of 16 hours

(4) Transdermal patches for continuous application to the skin for a period of 24 hours”; and

(iii) in column 3, for the entry “Chewing gum for the relief of nicotine withdrawal symptoms as an aid to smoking cessation only” there is substituted the entry “In relation to any of the preparations (1), (2), (3) and (4), for the relief of nicotine withdrawal symptoms as an aid to smoking cessation only”.

(1)

This entry was inserted by S.I. 1999/852.