2. In regulation 8 of the Medicines (Sale or Supply) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 1980(1) (pack size on retail sale or supply of certain medicinal products on a general sale list)—
(a)in paragraph (1), for “paragraphs (2) to (2E) and 3” there is substituted “paragraphs (2) to (2F) and 3”; and
(b)after paragraph (2E) there is inserted—
“(2F) Where a medicinal product for human use containing ranitidine hydrochloride is sold by retail in the course of a business elsewhere than at a registered pharmacy or is so offered or exposed for sale by retail or so supplied in circumstances corresponding to retail sale, the product shall be presented for sale in a separate and individual container or package containing not more than 12 tablets.”.