Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 3) Order 2000
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2000/3231 |
| Year | 2000 |
2000 No. 3231
MEDICINES
The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 3) Order 2000
Made 8th December 2000
Laid before Parliament 12th December 2000
Coming into force 1st January 2001
As respects England, Scotland and Wales, the Secretary of State concerned with health in England, and, as respects Northern Ireland, the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 58(4) and (5) and 129(4) of the Medicines Act 19681or, as the case may be, those conferred by the said provisions and now vested in them2, 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 this Order, pursuant to section 129(6) of that Act, and after consulting and taking into account the advice of the Committee on Safety of Medicines pursuant to sections 58(6) and 129(7) of that Act, and after taking into account the advice of the Medicines Commission pursuant to section 129(7) of that Act, hereby make the following Order—
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 3) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 1st January 2001.
(2) In this Order, “the principal Order” means the Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Order 19973.
Amendment of Schedule 1 to the principal Order
2. In Schedule 1 to the principal Order (which specifies substances which, if included in medicinal products, make those products prescription only medicines, and exemptions from the restrictions on the sale and supply of prescription only medicines), in relation to the substance Levonorgestrel, there are inserted the following entries—
in column 2—
“0.75mg”; and
in column 3—
“for use as an emergency contraceptive in women aged 16 years and over”.
Yvette Cooper
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health,
Department of Health
4th December 2000
Bairbre de Brún
Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
8th December 2000
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends Schedule 1 to the Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Order 1997 (which specifies substances which, if included in medicinal products, make them prescription only medicines, and...
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