# The Medicines (Advertising) Regulations 1994, Regulation 15: Audio-visual advertisements


(1) Subject to regulations 17 and 22(2), no person shall issue in a programme service or video recording any advertisement relating to a relevant medicinal product which includes or shows any words, unless that advertisement—
(a) contains essential information compatible with the summary of product characteristics, and
(b) refers to the particulars contained in paragraphs 1 to 8 of Schedule 2.
(2) For the purposes of this regulation the particulars contained in Schedule 2 may (where appropriate) be supplied by way of written material made available to all persons to whom the advertisement is shown or sent as an alternative to being referred to in the advertisement.
(3) In this regulation, “programme service” has the meaning assigned to it in section201 of the Broadcasting Act 1990.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/1932/regulation/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-advertising-regulations-1994/regulation-15
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