87 Requirements as to containers. U.K.
(1)The F1... Ministers may make regulations prohibiting the sale or supply of medicinal products otherwise than in containers which comply with such requirements as [F2the Ministers] consider necessary or expedient for any of the purposes specified in [F3subsection (3)], or for the purpose of preserving the quality of the products, and in particular, may by the regulations require such containers to be of such strength, to be made of such materials, and to be of such shapes or patterns, as may be prescribed.
(2)No person shall, in the course of a business carried on by him, sell or supply, or have in his possession for the purpose of sale or supply, any medicinal product in such circumstances as to contravene any requirements imposed by regulations under this section which are applicable to that product.
[F4(3)The purposes mentioned in subsection (1) are—
(a)securing that medicinal products are correctly described and readily identifiable;
(b)securing that any appropriate warning or other appropriate instruction or information is given, and that false or misleading information is not given, with respect to medicinal products;
(c)promoting safety in relation to medicinal products.]
Textual Amendments
F1Word in s. 87(1) omitted (1.10.2006) by virtue of The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2407), reg. 1, Sch. 8 para. 44(a) (with regs. 2(4), 3)
F2Words in s. 87(1) substituted (1.10.2006) by The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2407), reg. 1, Sch. 8 para. 44(b) (with regs. 2(4), 3)
F3Words in s. 87(1) substituted (14.8.2012) by The Human Medicines Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1916), reg. 1(2), Sch. 34 para. 12(a) (with Sch. 32)
F4S. 87(3) inserted (14.8.2012) by The Human Medicines Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1916), reg. 1(2), Sch. 34 para. 12(b) (with Sch. 32)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. V (ss. 85–91) extended with modifications by S.I. 1985/1403, art. 3(1)
C2Ss. 85–88, 91 extended by S.I. 1984/187, art. 2