Article 2 Citation and commencement

The Medicines (Exemption from Licences) (Special and Transitional Cases) Order 1971^f1 shall be amended as follows–

• In article 1(2)–

  1. (a)

     after the definition of “the Act” there shall be inserted the following definition–

     • ““intermediate feed” means a medicated feeding stuff sold, supplied or imported for use wholly or mainly as an ingredient in the preparation of a substance which is to be fed to one or more animals for a medicinal purpose or for purposes that include that purpose, with or without further processing;”;

  2. (b)

     for the definition of “medicinal product” there shall be substituted the following definition–

     • ““medicinal product” includes–

       1. (a)

          substances or articles specified in Orders made under section 104 or section 105 of the Act which are for the time being in force and which direct that Part II of the Act shall have effect in relation to such substances or articles as that Part has effect in relation to medicinal products within the meaning of the Act;

       2. (b)

          articles or substances described in paragraphs 2 and 3 of Schedule 1 to the Medicines (Specified Articles and Substances) Order 1976^f2; and

       3. (c)

          intermediate feed;”.