Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations further amend the Medicines (Sale or Supply) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 1980 with respect to regulation 8 (which limits the pack size on retail sale or supply of certain medicinal products on a general sale list) so as to provide that effervescent tablets containing quantities of aspirin per tablet which exceed 325 milligrams, but do not exceed 500 milligrams, and which are medicinal products on a general sale list may be sold or supplied by retail elsewhere than at a registered pharmacy only in separate and individual containers or packages containing not more than 20 tablets.