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The Medicines (Sale or Supply) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Amendment Regulations 1995

Regulation and deregulation

King's Printer of Acts of Parliament

2016-01-19

MEDICINES

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 tablets, capsules, powder and granules and topical presentations of ibuprofen and topical presentations of clotrimazole which are medicinal products for human use 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 not containing more than specified amounts of the product. In the case of ibuprofen tablets or capsules, the specified amount is 12; in the case of ibuprofen powder or granules, it is 12 sachets; and in the case of topical presentations of ibuprofen, it is 2.5 grams of ibuprofen. In the case of topical presentations of clotrimazole, the specified amount is 500 milligrams of clotrimazole.