The Medicines (Exemption from Licences) (Wholesale Dealing) Order 1989

Title, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Medicines (Exemption from Licences) (Wholesale Dealing) Order 1989 and shall come into force on 1st January 1990.

(2) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires –

“the Act” means the Medicines Act 1968;

“intermediate feed” means a medicated feeding stuff sold, supplied or imported for use wholly or mainly as an ingredient in the preparation of a substance which is to be fed to one or more animals for a medicinal purpose or for purposes that include that purpose, with or without further processing;

“medicinal product” includes:

(a)

substances or articles specified in Orders made under section 104 or section 105 of the Act which are for the time being in force and which direct that Part II of the Act shall have effect in relation to such substances or articles as that Part has effect in relation to medicinal products within the meaning of the Act;

(b)

articles or substances described in paragraphs 2 and 3 of Schedule 1 to the Medicines (Specified Articles and Substances) Order 1976(1); and

(c)

intermediate feed;

“proprietary medicinal product” and “ready-made veterinary drug” have the same meanings as in sections 7(7) and 8(4) of the Act(2)

and other expressions have the same meaning as in the Act.

(3) Except in so far as the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Order to any enactment or Order shall be construed as a reference to that enactment or Order as the case may be amended or extended by any other enactment or Order.

(1)

S.I. 1976/968. The articles and substances described in paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to that Order are contact lenses and intra-uterine contraceptive devices.

(2)

Sections 7(7) and 8(4) were inserted by S.I. 1977/1050 and S.R. (N.I.) 1977 No. 170 and amended by S.I. 1983/1724.