Amendment of Schedule 1 to the Pharmacy and General Sale Order

5.—(1) Schedule 1 to the Pharmacy and General Sale Order (exemptions for certain persons from sections 52 and 53) is amended as follows.

(2) In Part I—

(a) in column 1 (persons exempted)—

(i) in paragraph 1, for “State registered” substitute “Registered”, and

(ii) for paragraph 1A substitute the following paragraph—

“1A.   Registered chiropodists against whose names are recorded in the relevant register annotations signifying that they are qualified to use the medicines specified in column 2.”; and

(b) in column 2 (medicinal products to which the exemption applies)—

(i) in paragraph 1, in sub-paragraph (c)—

(aa) after “Glutaraldehyde” insert “1.0 per cent Griseofulvin”, and

(bb) after “acid” insert “1.0 per cent Terbinafine”, and

(ii) in paragraph 1A(a)—

(aa) after “volume;” omit “and”, and

(bb) after “1 per cent by weight in weight;” insert—

“(v) Amoxicillin;

(vi) Erythromycin;

(vii) Flucoxacillin;

(viii) Tioconazole 28%; and

(ix) Silver Sulfadiazine;”.

(3) In Part II, after paragraph 14 insert—

“ 15. Persons who hold a certificate in first aid from the Mountain Rescue Council of England and Wales, or from the Northern Ireland Mountain Rescue Co-ordinating Committee.

15. All pharmacy medicines, all medicinal products on a general sale list and prescription only medicines which are sold or supplied to a person specified in column 1 of this paragraph in response to an order in writing signed by a doctor.

15. The supply shall be only so far as is necessary for the treatment of sick or injured persons in the course of providing mountain rescue services.”.