Medicines (Medicines Act 1968 Amendment) Regulations 1983
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1983/1724 |
1983 No. 1724
MEDICINES
The Medicines (Medicines Act 1968 Amendment) Regulations 1983
Made 21th November 1983
Laid before Parliament 30th November 1983
Coming into Operation 21th December 1983
The Secretary of State and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food being Ministers designated1for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to medicinal products, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by the said section 2(2), hereby make the following regulations:—
Title, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These regulations may be cited as the Medicines (Medicines Act 1968 Amendment) Regulations 1983 and shall come into operation on 21st December 1983.
(2) In these regulations “” means
Amendment of section 7 of the Act
2.—(1) Section 7 of the Act (general provisions as to dealing with medicinal products)2shall be amended as follows.
(2) For subsection (5)(b) there shall be substituted—
“(b)
“(b) if that product is a proprietary medicinal product or a ready-made veterinary drug, is responsible for the placing of the product on the market in the United Kingdom.”
(3) For subsection (7) there shall be substituted—
“7 In subsection (5) of this section—
(a) “” means and for the purposes of this definition “” does not include—
(i) vaccines, toxins or serums,
(ii) medicinal products based on human blood or blood constituents or radioactive isotopes,
(iii) homoeopathic medicinal products, or
(iv) additives for animal feeding stuffs to which the provisions of Council Directive 70/524/EECapply;
(b) “” means and for the purposes of this definition “” does not include—
(i) vaccines, toxins or serums,
(ii) veterinary drugs based on radioactive isotopes,
(iii) veterinary drugs specially prepared for administration by a veterinary surgeon or veterinary practitioner to a particular animal or herd which is under his care,
(iv) homoeopathic veterinary drugs, or
(v) additives for animal feeding stuffs to which the provisions of Council Directive 70/524/EECapply.”
Amendment of section 8 of the Act
3.—(1) Section 8 of the Act (provisions as to manufacture and wholesale dealing)3shall be amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (3)(b), after the words there shall be inserted the words
(3) For subsection (4) there shall be substituted—
“4 Subsection (7) of section 7 of this Act shall apply for the purposes of subsection (3) of this section as it applies for the purposes of subsection...
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