{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-act-1968/section-130",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-act-1968/section-130.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1968/67",
  "legislation_title": "Medicines Act 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-act-1968",
  "path": "section/130",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "130",
  "heading": "Meaning of “medicinal product\" and related expressions.",
  "text": "(1) In this Act, “medicinal product” has the meaning given by regulation 2 of the 2012 Regulations.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(9) In this Act “ administer ” means administer to a human being ..., whether orally, by injection or by introduction into the body in any other way, or by external application, whether by direct contact with the body or not; and any reference in this Act to administering (...) a substance or article is a reference to administering (...) it either in its existing state or after it has been dissolved or dispersed in, or diluted or mixed with, some other substance used as a vehicle.\n(10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 130(1) substituted (14.8.2012) by The Human Medicines Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1916), reg. 1(2), Sch. 34 para. 31(a) (with Sch. 32)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 130(2)-(8) repealed (14.8.2012) by virtue of The Human Medicines Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1916), reg. 1(2), Sch. 34 para. 31(b), Sch. 35 (with Sch. 32)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 130(3A)-(3C) omitted (1.10.2006) by virtue of The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2407), reg. 1, Sch. 8 para. 66(b) (with regs. 2(4), 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 130(5A) inserted (1.1.1995) by S.I. 1994/ 3119, reg. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 130(5B) inserted (8.11.2005) by The Blood Safety and Quality Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/50) , regs. 1(2) , 25(1)(d) (with reg. 2(2)-(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 130(7) repealed by Animal Health and Welfare Act 1984 (c. 40, SIF 2:8) , s. 16 , Sch. 1 para. 3(9) , Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 130(9) omitted (1.10.2006) by virtue of The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2407), reg. 1, Sch. 8 para. 66(f)(i) (with regs. 2(4), 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in s. 130(9) omitted (1.10.2006) by virtue of The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2407), reg. 1, Sch. 8 para. 66(f)(ii) (with regs. 2(4), 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "S. 130(10) repealed (14.8.2012) by virtue of The Human Medicines Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1916), reg. 1(2), Sch. 34 para. 31(b), Sch. 35 (with Sch. 32)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Pt. VIII (ss. 104–136) extended by S.I.s 1982/425, art. 3, 1984/187 art. 2; and extended with modifications by S.I. 1985/403 , art. 3(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/67/section/130",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:52:43.456849+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}