{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-prescription-only-pharmacy-and-general-sale-amendment-order-1989/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-prescription-only-pharmacy-and-general-sale-amendment-order-1989/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/1852",
  "legislation_title": "The Medicines (Prescription Only, Pharmacy and General Sale) Amendment Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-prescription-only-pharmacy-and-general-sale-amendment-order-1989",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order, which may be cited as the Medicines (Prescription Only, Pharmacy and General Sale) Amendment Order 1989, shall come into force on 1st November 1989.\n(2) In this Order–\n“the Pharmacy and General Sale Exemption Order” means the Medicines (Pharmacy and General Sale – Exemption) Order 1980;\n“the Prescription Only Medicines Order” means the Medicines (Products Other Than Veterinary Drugs) (Prescription Only) Order 1983;",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1980/1924, as amended by S.I. 1982/27."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1983/1212, as amended by S.I. 1984/756, 1986/586, 1987/674, 1250 and 1988/2017."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1852/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:36:15.807735+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."
}