1997 No. 1831
MEDICINES
The Medicines (Sale or Supply) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Amendment Regulations 1997
Made 25th July 1997
Laid before Parliament 28th July 1997
Coming into force 18th August 1997

The Secretary of State concerned with health in England, the Secretaries of State concerned with health and with agriculture in Wales and in Scotland respectively, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland and the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 66(1)(i) and 129(1) of the Medicines Act 1968 or, as the case may be, those conferred by those provisions and now vested in them, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after consulting such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by these Regulations pursuant to section 129(6) of that Act and after consulting and taking into account the advice of the Medicines Commission pursuant to section 129(7) of that Act, hereby make the following Regulations:
1968 c. 67. The expression “the Ministers” is defined in section 1(1) of that Act as amended by S.I.1969/388, Schedule 1. The word “prescribed” is defined in section 132(1).
In the case of the Secretaries of State concerned with health in England and in Wales by virtue of article 2(2) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Transfer of Functions (Wales) Order 1969 (S.I.1969/388); in the case of the Secretary of State concerned with agriculture in Wales by virtue of article 2(3) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Transfer of Functions (Wales) (No. 1) Order 1978 (S.I.1978/272); in the case of the Northern Ireland Departments by virtue of section 40 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36) and section 1(3) of, and paragraph 2(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to, the Northern Ireland Act 1974 (c. 28).

1 Citation, commencement and interpretation
1 These Regulations may be cited as the Medicines (Sale or Supply) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Amendment Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 18th August 1997.
2 In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the Medicines (Sale or Supply) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 1980.
S.I.1980/1923, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
3 In these Regulations, a reference to a numbered regulation or a numbered Schedule is a reference to the regulation in or Schedule to the principal Regulations bearing that number.

2 Amendment of regulation 1 of the principal Regulations
In regulation 1(2)(a) (citation, commencement and interpretation), the definition of “register” shall be deleted.

3 Amendment of regulation 6 of the principal Regulations
In regulation 6 (pharmacy records),—
1 in paragraph (1)(a) there shall be substituted for the word “register”, the words “written or computerised record”; and
2 in paragraphs (3)(a) and (4)(a) there shall be substituted for the word “register”, the word “record”.

4 Amendment of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations
In Schedule 2 (particulars in pharmacy records), in paragraph 2(a)(ii) there shall be substituted for the word “register”, the word “record”.

5 Revocation of regulation 7 of the principal Regulations
Regulation 7 (record keeping in respect of certain veterinary drugs) shall be revoked.

6 Amendment of regulation 9 of the principal Regulations
In regulation 9 (offences), there shall be substituted for the words “regulations 3, 4, 6 or 7” the words “regulations 3, 4 or 6”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Baroness Jay Minister of State, Department of Health 21st July 1997
Win Griffiths Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 25th July 1997
Sam Galbraith Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, The Scottish Office 23rd July 1997
Jeff Rooker Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 25th July 1997
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on 22nd July 1997.
D. C. Gowdy Permanent Secretary
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland on 18th July 1997.
Mr P. Small Permanent Secretary

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Medicines (Sale or Supply) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 1980 by deleting the definition of “register” and by replacing the references to the “register” in regulation 6 of and Schedule 2 to those Regulations by references to a record, which may be in written or computerised form.
Regulation 5 revokes regulation 7 of those Regulations, which has been superseded by the record-keeping requirements in the Medicines (Veterinary Drugs) (Pharmacy and Merchants' List) Order 1992 (S.I.1992/33) and regulation 6 amends regulation 9 of those Regulations to reflect the revocation of regulation 7.