# The Medicines (Exemption from Licences) (Assembly) Order 1979, Article 3: Coming into effect and duration of exemption


(1) Any exemption under the provisions of this Order shall have effect from the date of a direction in writing that it shall do so from the licensing authority to the person seeking exemption or a registering body of which he is a member.
(2) Subject to the provisions of Article 2(1) and 4, any such exemption applying to a person not being a member of a registering body shall continue in force for a period of five years from the date on which it has effect. If before the end of such a period the licensing authority receive from that person a further notification in the form described in Article 2(2)(c), that exemption shall continue in force for a further period of five years and the licensing authority shall notify him accordingly.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1979/1114/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-exemption-from-licences-assembly-order-1979/article-3
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