Explanatory note

This Order revokes and re-enacts the provisions of the Medicines (Exemption from Licences) (Wholesale Dealing) Orders 1972, 1977 and 1983. The Order continues to exempt from restrictions imposed by section 8(3) of the Medicines Act 1968 as to wholesale dealing in medicinal products (except in accordance with a licence granted under that Act) the sale or offer for sale by way of wholesale dealing of a medicinal product by the product licence holder or by the person who assembled that medicinal product to the order of the licence holder, where the product has not left the premises of a licensed manufacturer or assembler throughout the period until the sale of that medicinal product.

The Order continues to exempt from the restrictions imposed by section 8(3)(b) of that Act as to the sale or offer for sale of medicinal products by way of wholesale dealing and the distribution (otherwise than by way of sale) of any proprietary medicinal product or ready-made veterinary drug imported from outside the European Economic Community, except in accordance with a licence under the Act, anything done by a person solely in the provision of transport facilities or in the course of his business as an import agent.

In addition, this Order further extends the meaning of “medicinal product” to include “intermediate feed” (as defined in article 1(2)).