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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-exemption-from-licences-special-cases-and-miscellaneous-provisions-order-1972/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1972/1200",
  "legislation_title": "The Medicines (Exemption from Licences) (Special Cases and Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-exemption-from-licences-special-cases-and-miscellaneous-provisions-order-1972",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This order may be cited as the Medicines (Exemption from Licences) (Special Cases and Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 1972 and shall come into operation on 1st September 1972.\n(2) In this order, unless the context otherwise requires—\n“the Act” means the Medicines Act 1968;\n“medicinal product” shall not include substances or articles specified in orders made under section 104 or section 105(1)(b) of the Act which are for the time being in force unless such order specifically directs that this Order shall have effect in relation to such substances or articles as this Order has effect in relation to medicinal products within the meaning of the Act;\n“the Special Cases Order” means the Medicines (Exemption from Licences) (Special and Transitional Cases) Order 1971;\nand other expressions have the same meaning as in the Act.\n(3) Except in so far as the context otherwise requires, any reference in this order to any enactment or order shall be construed as a reference to that enactment or order, as the case may be, amended or extended by any other enactment or order.\n(4) The Interpretation Act 1889 applies for the purpose of the interpretation of this order as it applies for the purpose of the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "(1971 III, p. 4118)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/2745",
      "affecting_title": "The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2005"
    },
    {
      "type": "words revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/2745",
      "affecting_title": "The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2005"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1979/1585",
      "affecting_title": "The Medicines (Contact Lens Fluids and Other Substances) (Exemption from Licences) Order 1979"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1978/1139",
      "affecting_title": "The Medicines (Intra-Uterine Contraceptive Devices) (Amendment to Exemption from Licences) Order 1978"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1989/2323",
      "affecting_title": "The Medicines (Exemption from Licences) (Special and Transitional Cases) (Amendment) Order 1989"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1972/1200/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T22:28:05.989393+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."
}