{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-aristolochia-emergency-prohibition-order-1999/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-aristolochia-emergency-prohibition-order-1999/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/2109",
  "legislation_title": "The Medicines (Aristolochia) (Emergency Prohibition) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-aristolochia-emergency-prohibition-order-1999",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order prohibits the sale, supply, and importation, of medicinal products consisting of or containing a plant belonging to a species of the genus Aristolochia, or extracts from such a plant.\nThose prohibitions are subject to the following exceptions—\n(a) where the sale or supply is to, or the importation is made by or on behalf of, a person exercising functions in relation to the enforcement of food or medicines legislation;\n(b) in the case of the prohibition on importation, where the products are imported from a member State of the European Community, or, where the products originate in a State party to the European Economic Area Agreement (EEA State), from an EEA State other than a member State,\n(c) where the products are the subject of a product licence, marketing authorization or homoeopathic certificate of registration.\nThis Order was notified to the European Commission in accordance with European Parliament and Council Directive 98/34/EC (OJ No. L204, 22.7.1998, p.37/48) as amended by European Parliament and Council Directive 98/48/EC (OJ No. L217, 5.8.1998, p.18/26).\nThe Order shall come into force on 28th July 1999, and shall expire at the end of 27th October 1999.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2109/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:14:19.052354+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."
}