# The Medicines (Prescription Only, Pharmacy and General Sale) Amendment Order 1989, Article 6: Amendment of Schedule 3 to the Prescription Only Medicines Order


In Schedule 3 to the Prescription Only Medicines Order (exemptions for certain persons from the provisions of section 58(2) of the Medicines Act 1968)–
(a) in paragraph 5 in Column 2 of Part I, the following sub-paragraphs are substituted for sub-paragraph (a)–
“(a) are eye drops and are prescription only medicines by reason only that they contain not more than–
(i) 30.0 per cent Sulphacetamide Sodium, or
(ii) 0.5 per cent Chloramphenicol, or
(aa) are eye ointments and are prescription only medicines by reason only that they contain not more than–
(i) 30.0 per cent Sulphacetamide Sodium, or
(ii) 1.0 per cent Chloramphenicol, or”;
(b) at the end of Part II there is inserted the paragraph set out in Part I of Schedule 2 to this Order; and
(c) at the end of Part III there is inserted the paragraph set out in Part II of Schedule 2 to this Order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1852/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-prescription-only-pharmacy-and-general-sale-amendment-order-1989/article-6
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