# The Human Medicines Regulations 2012, Regulation 149: Urgent safety restrictions


(1) The holder of a THR(NI) or a THR(UK) is guilty of an offence if the holder—
(a) fails to inform the licensing authority or the European Commission in accordance with Article 22(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2008 that the holder has taken urgent safety restrictions on the holder's own initiative;
(b) fails to implement an urgent safety restriction imposed on the holder by the licensing authority or the European Commission under Article 22(2) of that Regulation; or
(c) fails to submit an application for variation of the traditional herbal registration to the licensing authority or the European Commission in accordance with Article 22(3) of that Regulation before the end of a period of fifteen days beginning on the day after—
(i) the taking under Article 22(1) or, as the case may be,
(ii) the imposition under Article 22(2),
of that Regulation of an urgent safety restriction;
(2) The holder of a THR(GB) is guilty of an offence if the holder—
(a) fails to inform the licensing authority in accordance with regulation 148A(1) that the holder has taken urgent safety restrictions on the holder's own initiative;
(b) fails to implement an urgent safety restriction imposed on the holder by the licensing authority in accordance with regulation 148A(2); or
(c) fails to submit an application for variation of the traditional herbal registration to the licensing authority in accordance with regulation 148A(4) before the end of the period of 15 days beginning with the day after—
(i) the taking under regulation 148A(1), or
(ii) the imposition under regulation 148A(2),
of an urgent safety restriction.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1916/regulation/149 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/human-medicines-regulations-2012/regulation-149
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