Explanatory note

This Order prohibits the sale or supply of medicinal products which are for human use and which consist of or contain chloroform.

The Order provides exemptions from the prohibition. These include—

(1) certain sales or supplies of medicinal products by medical and dental practitioners and from registered pharmacies and hospitals;

(2) the sale or supply of chloroform as an anaesthetic;

(3) the sale or supply of medicinal products where the chloroform content does not exceed specified limits, or for use in dental surgery, or solely for external use;

(4) the sale or supply or medicinal products for export;

(5) the sale or supply of chloroform for use as an ingredient, in specified circumstances, in the preparation of a substance or article.

Article 4 contains transitional provisions.