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The Medicines (Labelling and Advertising to the Public) Regulations 1978
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Prohibition of advertisements for, and containers and packages of, spermicidal contraceptives and leaflets
6.—(1) Subject to the following provisions of these regulations, no advertisement shall be issued relating to a spermicidal contraceptive which contains any statement or suggestion that the spermicidal contraceptive to which the advertisement relates is a highly reliable means of contraception when used or applied otherwise than in conjunction with another method of contraception.
(2) Subject to the following provisions of these regulations, every advertisement relating to a spermicidal contraceptive shall contain, and every container and package of a spermicidal contraceptive shall be labelled to show, and any leaflet which is supplied, or is intended to be supplied, with a spermicidal contraceptive shall contain, the warning specified in paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to these regulations. Such warning shall be clearly legible and shall appear conspicuously and in a prominent position in the advertisement, labelled container or package or leaflet.
(3) An advertisement, labelled container or package or leaflet to which paragraph (2) above applies may include a reference to a contraceptive substance, article, instrument, apparatus or appliance of any kind other than a spermicidal contraceptive, but shall not contain any recommendation for the use of a diaphragm or cap as a means of contraception where such diaphragm or cap is made of any substance which would be likely to be deleteriously affected if used in conjunction with the spermicidal contraceptive to which that advertisement, labelled container, labelled package or leaflet relates.
(4) Any container or package of, and any leaflet supplied, or intended to be supplied with, a spermicidal contraceptive shall also show or contain the warning specified in paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to these regulations. Such warning shall appear in bold face, not less than the size of type used in the greater part of the printed text of the label on the container or package or the printed text of the leaflet.
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