Article 2 Amendment of Article 2 of the principal order

Article 2 of the principal order (exemption from licences for certain foods and cosmetics) shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this Article and shall accordingly have effect as set out in the Schedule to this order.

In Article 2(1) for the words “provisions of paragraph (2)” there shall be substituted the words “other provisions”.

In Article 2(2) for sub-paragraph (c) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

“(c)

being a product for external use as a cosmetic as aforesaid contains—

(i)

any antibiotic, or

(ii)

hexachlorophane, except where the product is exempted from the prohibition imposed by the Medicines (Hexachlorophane Prohibition) Order 1973^f1 under paragraphs (2)(i)(a) or (2)(ii) of Article 2 of that order, or

(iii)

any hormone in a proportion (calculated on the weight of the medicinal product) in excess of 0.004 per cent, or

(iv)

resorcinol in a proportion (calculated as aforesaid) in excess of 1 per cent, or”.

After Article 2(2) there shall be added the following paragraph—

“(3)

Without prejudice to paragraph (2) of this Article, the exemption from section 7 of the Act (product licences) conferred by paragraph (1) of this Article does not apply to a medicinal product as aforesaid in respect of which there are, or are to be directed to practitioners advertisements or representations of the nature and in the manner described in section 96(1) and (2) of the Act.”.