{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-exemption-from-licences-ingredients-order-1974/note",
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  "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": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "This Order provides for exemption from the restrictions imposed by Part II of the Medicines Act 1968 as to dealings in and manufacture of medicinal products except in accordance with a licence granted under that Act, in respect of substances or articles which are medicinal products by virtue only of the provisions of section 130(1)(b) of the Act (ingredients). The exemptions apply if certain conditions as to notification or making an appropriate licence application are complied with unless the activity in question takes place during the period specified before 1st January 1975 (Articles 2 and 3). Article 4 of the Order provides for the cessation of the exemptions in certain circumstances.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1974/1150/note",
    "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."
}