# The Medicines for Human Use (Prohibition) (Senecio and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2008, Article 1: Citation, commencement and interpretation

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) This Order may be cited as the Medicines for Human Use (Prohibition) (Senecio and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2008 and shall come into force on 1st April 2008.
(2) In article 3 —
“approved country for import” has the meaning given in regulation 8(1) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012;
“the Act” means the Medicines Act 1968;
“external use” means application to the skin, hair, teeth, mucosa of the mouth, throat, nose, ear, eye, vagina or anal canal when a local action only is intended and extensive systemic absorption is unlikely to occur;
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/548/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-for-human-use-prohibition-senecio-and-miscellaneous-amendments-order-2008/article-1
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