# The Medicines (Contract Lens Fluids and Other Substances) (Exemption from Licences) Amendment Order 1979

S.I. 1979/1745 · made 21 December 1979

This Order amends Article 1(interpretation) of the Medicines (Contact Lens Fluids and Other Substances) (Exemption from Licences) Order 1979 in order to remove a possible ambiguity in the reference to “contact lens”.

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-contract-lens-fluids-and-other-substances-exemption-from-licences-amendment-order-1979/pdf/uksi_19791745_en.pdf

## Introductory text

MEDICINES
Made 21st December 1979
Laid before Parliament 27th December 1979
Coming into Operation 1st January 1980
The Secretaries of State respectively concerned with health in England, in Wales and in Scotland and the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, acting jointly, in exercise of powers conferred by sections 15(1) and (2) and 129(4) 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 the following order, hereby make the following order:—

## 1 Citation and commencement

This order, which may be cited as the Medicines (Contact Lens Fluids and Other Substances) (Exemption from Licences) Amendment Order 1979, amends the Medicines (Contract Lens Fluids and Other Substances) (Exemption from Licences) Order 1979 (hereinafter referred to as “the principal order”) and shall come into operation on 1st January 1980.

## 2 Amendments to Article 1 of the principal order

In Article 1 of the principal order, paragraph (2) shall be amended by the deletion of the definition of “contact lens” and immediately after paragraph (2) the following paragraph shall be inserted—
“(2A) In the definition of ‘contact lens substance’ in paragraph (2), the expression ‘contact lens’ refers only to a contact lens which consists of a thin curved shell of glass, plastic or other hard or soft material intended for use by being applied to the human eyeball. ”

## Signature

Patrick Jenkin
Secretary of State for Social Services
20th December 1979
Nicholas Edwards
Secretary of State for Wales
21st December 1979
George Younger
Secretary of State for Scotland
20th December 1979
Sealed with the official seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland this 20th day of December 1979.
L.S.
N. Dugdale
Permanent Secretary

## Explanatory note

This Order amends Article 1(interpretation) of the Medicines (Contact Lens Fluids and Other Substances) (Exemption from Licences) Order 1979 in order to remove a possible ambiguity in the reference to “contact lens”.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1979/1745 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-contract-lens-fluids-and-other-substances-exemption-from-licences-amendment-order-1979
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.