1.—(1) This Order, which may be cited as the Medicines (Products Other Than Veterinary Drugs) (GeneralSale List) Amendment Order 1990, shall come into force for all purposes except those of articles 2(2)(b) and 3(2) on 18th June 1990and for the purposes of articles 2(2) and 3(2) on 18th December 1990.
(2) In this Order, “the principal Order” means the Medicines (Products Other Than Veterinary Drugs) (General SaleList) Order 1984(1).
(3) In this Order, a reference to inserting an entry in a column in a Table of a Schedule to the principal Order shall be construed, in the case of an entry to be inserted in column 1, as a reference to inserting that entry at the appropriate point in the alphabetical order ofthe entries in column 1 of that Table and, in the case of an entry to be inserted, as the case may be, in column 2, 3, or 4 of thatTable, as a reference to inserting that entry so as to appear against the column 1 entry against which it is listed in Schedule 1 or, as the case may be, Schedule 2 to this Order.
2.—(1) Schedule 1 to the principal Order (which specifies the class of medicinal products, other thanproducts the subject of a product licence of right, on general sale by virtue of article 2(a) of the principal Order) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisons of this article.
(2) In Table A (internal or external use) —
(a)there are inserted in column 1 and, as the case may be, columns 3 and 4, those entries set out in columns 1, 3 and 4 respectively of Schedule 1 to this Order; and
(b)in relation to the substance “Paraffin, Liquid”, for the entry in column 3 there shall be substituted the entry “All preparations except nasal drops, nasal sprays, nasal inhalations and oral laxatives.”
(3) In Table B (external use only) —
(a)there shall be inserted in column 1 and, as the case may be, column 3, those entries set out in columns 1 and 3 respectively of Schedule 2 to this Order; and
(b)in relation to the substance “Povidone — Iodine”, there shall be inserted in column 3 the entry “All preparations except those for use in surgical operations”.
3.—(1) Schedule 2 to the principal Order (which specifies the class of medicinal products, the subjectof a product licence of right, on general sale by virtue of article 2(b) of the principal Order), is amended in accordance with thefollowing provisions of this article.
(2) In Table A (internal or external use) in relation to the substance “Paraffin, Liquid”, for the entry in column 3 thereshall be substituted the entry “All preparations except nasal drops, nasal sprays, nasal inhalations and oral laxatives.”.
(3) In Table B (external use only), in relation to the substance “Povidone — Iodine”, there shall be inserted in column 3 the entry “All preparations except those for use in surgical operations”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Virginia Bottomley
Minister of State,
Department of Health
21st May 1990
David Hunt
Secretary of State for Wales
15th May 1990
M. B. Forsyth
Minister of State, Scottish Office
16th May 1990
In witness whereof the official seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on
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John Selwyn Gummer
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheriesand Food
16th May 1990.
Sealed with the official seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland this
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F. A. Elliott
Permanent Secretary
18th day of May 1990.
Sealed with the official seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland this
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W. J. Hodges
Permanent Secretary
21st day of May 1990.