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  "title": "The Medicines (Products Other Than Veterinary Drugs) (Prescription Only) Amendment Order 1991",
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  "long_title": "This Order further amends the Medicines (Products Other ThanVeterinary Drugs) (Prescription Only) Order 1983 (the principal Order)which specifies descriptions and classes of prescription only medicinessubject to section 58(2) of the Medicines Act 1968, that is to say,medicinal products which (subject to exemptions) may be sold or suppliedby retail only in accordance with a prescription given by an appropriatepractitioner and which may be administered only by or in accordance withthe directions of such a practitioner.",
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