{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-contact-lens-fluids-and-other-substances-exemption-from-licences-order-1979/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-contact-lens-fluids-and-other-substances-exemption-from-licences-order-1979/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1979/1585",
  "legislation_title": "The Medicines (Contact Lens Fluids and Other Substances) (Exemption from Licences) Order 1979",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-contact-lens-fluids-and-other-substances-exemption-from-licences-order-1979",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "This Order gives exemption from the restriction imposed by section 8(2) of the Medicines Act 1968 on the labelling, except in accordance with a manufacturer's licence, of certain substances and fluids for use with contact lenses or blanks. The exemption applies to doctors, pharmacists and registered ophthalmic opticians where certain specified conditions are met.\nThe Order also amends the Medicines (Exemption from Licences) (Special and Transitional Cases) Order 1971, the Medicines (Exemption from Licences) (Wholesale Dealing) Order 1972 and the Medicines (Exemption from Licences) (Special Cases and Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 1972 so as to enable the provisions of those Orders to apply to such substances where appropriate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1979/1585/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T19:09:22.107567+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."
}