{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-exemption-from-licences-ingredients-order-1974/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-exemption-from-licences-ingredients-order-1974/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1974/1150",
  "legislation_title": "The Medicines (Exemption from Licences) (Ingredients) Order 1974",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-exemption-from-licences-ingredients-order-1974",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Exemptions from licences for ingredients",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the provisions of Article 2, 4 and 5 of this order, the restrictions imposed by sections 7 and 8 of the Act shall not apply to anything done in relation to a substance or article which is a medicinal product by virtue only of the provisions of section 130(1)(b) of the Act if and so long as the conditions specified in paragraph (2) of this Article are satisfied.\n(2) The conditions referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article are that any person proposing to carry on any activity to which that paragraph is applicable, either—\n(a) notifies the licensing authority in writing of his intention to carry on such activity or has furnished particulars relating to such activity in response to such request as is referred to in Article 4(b) of this order, or\n(b) makes or has made an application, which has not been withdrawn, for the grant of a licence under Part II of the Act relating to such activity and that application has not been determined by the licensing authority and its determination by the licensing authority has not been deferred.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1974/1150/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:29:58.006982+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}