{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-act-1968/section-67A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-act-1968/section-67A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1968/67",
  "legislation_title": "Medicines Act 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-act-1968",
  "path": "section/67A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "67A",
  "heading": "Defence to offence of contravening section 63(a) or (b): product not sold or supplied",
  "text": "(1) This section applies in a case where—\n(a) a person (“the defendant”) is charged with an offence under section 67(2) of contravening section 63(a) or (b) in respect of a medicinal product; and\n(b) the product is not sold or supplied in its adulterated state.\n(2) Where the defendant is charged with contravening section 63(a), it is a defence for the defendant to prove that—\n(a) the adulteration took place—\n(i) at a registered pharmacy, or\n(ii) in the course of the provision of a relevant pharmacy service;\n(b) the defendant—\n(i) was a registrant acting in the course of his or her profession, or\n(ii) was acting under the supervision of a person who was a registrant acting in the course of his or her profession; and\n(c) at the time of the alleged contravention, the defendant did not know that the product was being adulterated.\n(3) Where the defendant is charged with contravening section 63(b), it is a defence for the defendant to prove that—\n(a) the adulteration took place—\n(i) at a registered pharmacy, or\n(ii) in the course of the provision of a relevant pharmacy service;\n(b) the person who adulterated the product—\n(i) was a registrant acting in the course of his or her profession, or\n(ii) was acting under the supervision of a person who was a registrant acting in the course of his or her profession; and\n(c) at the time of the alleged contravention, the defendant did not know that the product had been adulterated.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 67A-67E inserted (16.4.2018) by The Pharmacy (Preparation and Dispensing Errors Registered Pharmacies) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/181), arts. 1(3), 4 (with art. 2); S.I. 2018/402, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 67A(2)(a) substituted (1.12.2022) by The Pharmacy (Preparation and Dispensing Errors – Hospital and Other Pharmacy Services) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/851), arts. 1(3), 5(2) (with art. 3); S.I. 2022/1024, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 67A(3)(a) substituted (1.12.2022) by The Pharmacy (Preparation and Dispensing Errors – Hospital and Other Pharmacy Services) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/851), arts. 1(3), 5(3) (with art. 3); S.I. 2022/1024, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/67/section/67A",
    "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."
}