Explanatory note

This Order amends the Medicines (Exemption from Licences) (Foods and Cosmetics) Order 1971 by adding to the cases to which the exemptions from licensing conferred by the Order of 1971 do not apply, the cases where the medicinal product is being advertised in a certain way to practitioners and cases where the medicinal product, being a cosmetic within the meaning of the Order of 1971, contains hexachlorophane. The Order provides for certain periods during which the exemptions from licensing will continue to apply after the coming into operation of the Order.

The Order also amends the proportion of hormone specified in Article 2(2)(c) of the Order of 1971 from 0·4 per cent to 0·004 per cent.