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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-exemption-from-licences-special-and-transitional-cases-amendment-order-1989-uksi-1989-1184/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/1184",
  "legislation_title": "The Medicines (Exemption from Licences) (Special and Transitional Cases) Amendment Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-exemption-from-licences-special-and-transitional-cases-amendment-order-1989-uksi-1989-1184",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends the Medicines (Exemption from Licences) (Special and Transitional Cases) Order 1971 (“the 1971 Order”) by—\n(a) extending the product licence exemption in article 2 to the holder of a manufacturer’s licence which relates only to the assembly of special manufactured products (article 2(1) and (2)); and\n(b) revoking article 3 which exempted manufacturers in certain circumstances from the requirement imposed by section 8(2) of the Medicines Act 1968, to hold a manufacturer’s licence (article 2(1) and (3)).\nArticle 3 of this Order provides for the consequential deletion of references to article 3 of the 1971 Order in article 3(1)(c)(iv) of the Medicines (Chloroform Prohibition) Order 1979 (prohibition except in prescribed circumstances of the sale or supply of any medicinal product consisting of or containing chloroform, not being a veterinary drug).\nArticles 1(2) and 4 of this Order provide, in the case of a direction issued pursuant to article 3 of the 1971 Order which is in force on 31st July 1989, that the revocation made by article 2 and the amendments made by article 3 shall not have effect until the 1st February 1990.\nReference should also be made to the Medicines (Data Sheet and Labelling) Amendment Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/1183) for further amendments consequential upon the revocation of article 3 of the 1971 Order.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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