The Medicines (Pharmacy and General Sale— Exemption) Order 1980

Exemption for certain persons

5.—(1) The restrictions imposed by section 52 shall not apply—

(a) to the sale, offer or exposure for sale or supply by any person listed in column 1 of Part I of Schedule 1, or

(b) to the supply by any person listed in column 1 of Part II of Schedule 1,

of the prescription only medicines and the pharmacy medicines referred to in column 2 of Part I or Part II, as the case may be, of Schedule 1 in relation to that person, if and so long as the conditions specified in the corresponding paragraphs in column 3 of Part I or Part II, as the case may be, of Schedule 1 are fulfilled.

(2) The restrictions imposed by section 53 shall not apply to the sale, offer or exposure for sale or supply by any person listed in column 1 of Part I or Part II of Schedule 1 of any medicinal product on a general sale list referred to in column 2 of Part I or Part II, as the case may be, of Schedule 1 in relation to that person if and so long as the conditions specified in the corresponding paragraphs in column 3 of Part I or Part II, as the case may be, of Schedule 1 are fulfilled.

(3) For the purposes of the sale, offer or exposure for sale or supply of any veterinary drug on a general sale list, section 53 shall have effect without the conditions in subsection (3) of that section being required to be fulfilled if and so long as the sale or supply is by the holder of a product licence granted under Part II of the Act in respect of the veterinary drug in question and is to a person who has in his charge or maintains animals for the purposes of and in the course of carrying on a business, either as his sole business activity or as a substantial part of his business activities.