# The Medicines (Contact Lens Fluids and Other Substances) (Termination of Transitional Exemptions) Order 1981

S.I. 1981/1690 · made 24 November 1981

This Order appoints the 1st July 1983 as the day upon which the transitional exemptions under section 16 of the Medicines Act 1968 shall cease to have effect as regards fluids and substances used in relation to contact lenses or blanks.

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## Introductory text

MEDICINES
Made 24th November 1981
The Secretary of State concerned with health in England, the Secretaries of State respectively concerned with health and with agriculture in Wales and in Scotland, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland and the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland, acting jointly in exercise of powers conferred by section 17 of the Medicines Act 1968 and now vested in them and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after consulting such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by this order, hereby make the following order:—

## 1 Citation

This order may be cited as the Medicines (Contact Lens Fluids and Other Substances) (Termination of Transitional Exemptions) Order 1981.

## 2 Termination of transitional exemptions from licences

The 1st July 1983 shall be the day appointed for the purposes of subsections (2) to (5) of section 16 of the Medicines Act 1968 (transitional exemptions) as being the day upon which those subsections shall cease to have effect in relation to anything done on or after that day in so far as it relates to the substances and fluids described in paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Medicines (Specified Articles and Substances) Order 1976 (substances and fluids for use with contact lenses or blanks).

## Signature

Norman Fowler
Secretary of State for Social Services
12th November 1981
Nicholas Edwards
Secretary of State for Wales
16th November 1981
George Younger
Secretary of State for Scotland
17th November 1981
In Witness whereof the official seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 19th November 1981.
L.S.
Peter Walker
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Sealed with the official seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland this 24th day of November 1981.
L.S.
N. Dugdale
Permanent Secretary
Sealed with the official seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland this 24th day of November 1981.
L.S.
J. A. Young
Permanent Secretary

## Explanatory note

This Order appoints the 1st July 1983 as the day upon which the transitional exemptions under section 16 of the Medicines Act 1968 shall cease to have effect as regards fluids and substances used in relation to contact lenses or blanks.
Certain provisions of the Medicines Act 1968 were applied to these fluids and substances by the Medicines (Specified Articles and Substances) Order 1976.

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