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Statutory Instrument 1992 No. 1535

The Medicines (Products Other Than Veterinary Drugs) (General Sale List) Amendment Order 1992

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1992 No. 1535

MEDICINES

The Medicines (Products Other Than Veterinary Drugs) (General Sale List) Amendment Order 1992

Made29th June 1992
Coming into force20th July 1992

    The Secretary of State concerned with health in England, the Secretaries of State respectively concerned with health and with agriculture in Wales and in Scotland, 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 powers conferred upon them by sections 1(2), 51, 129(4) and 132(1) of the Medicines Act 1968[1] or, as the case may be, those conferred by the said provisions and now vested in them[2], 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 Medicines Commission pursuant to section 129(7) of that Act, hereby make the following Order:—
    Citation, commencement and interpretation
        1.—(1)  This Order, which may be cited as the Medicines (Products Other Than Veterinary Drugs) (General Sale List) Amendment Order 1992, shall come into force on 20th July 1992.

        (2)  In this Order, "the principal Order" means the Medicines (Products Other Than Veterinary Drugs) (General Sale List) Order 1984[3].
    Amendment of Table A of Schedule 1 to the principal Order
        2.—(1)  Schedule 1 to the principal Order (which specifies the class of medicinal products, other than products the subject of a product licence of right, on general sale by virtue of article 2(a) of the principal Order) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this article.

        (2)  In Table A (internal or external use)—
       (a) delete the entry "Noscapine" in column 1 and the entry "15mg (MD) 60mg (MDD)" in relation to it in column 4; and
       (b) delete the entry "Noscapine Hydrochloride" in column 1 and the entry "Equivalent to 15mg of Noscapine (MD) Equivalent to 60mg of Noscapine (MDD)" in relation to it in column 4.


Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.

Brian Mawhinney

Minister, Department of Health

29th June 1992

David Hunt

Secretary of State for Wales

29th June 1992

Fraser of Carmyllie

Minister, Scottish Office

29th June 1992
In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on
29th June 1992


John Selwyn Gummer

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland this
29th day of June 1992


F. A. Elliott

Permanent Secretary

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland this
29th day of June 1992


W. J. Hodges

Permanent Secretary






EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)
    This Order amends the Medicines (Products Other Than Veterinary Drugs) (General Sale List) Order 1984 (referred to as "the principal Order") which specifies classes of medicinal products which can with reasonable safety be sold or supplied otherwise than by or under the supervision of a pharmacist (the general sale list).
    Article 2 of this Order amends Schedule 1 to the principal Order (medicinal products, other than products the subject of a product licence of right, on general sale) by deleting the entries in respect of Noscapine and Noscapine Hydrochloride.


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Notes:

[1] 1968 c. 67; see the meaning assigned to "the appropriate Ministers" by sections 1(2) and 132(1) and to "the Ministers" by section 1(1).

[2] 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 1979 (c. 36), and section 1(3) of, and paragraph 2(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to, the Northern Ireland Act 1974 (c. 28).

[3] S.I. 1984/769, as amended by S.I. 1985/1540, 1987/910, 1989/969 and 1990/1129.

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