Explanatory note

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.

The amendments made by this Order are as follows:—

Article 2 amends article 3 of the principal Order consequentially onthe changes made to article 4 of the principal Order.

Article 3 amends article 4 of the principal Order which specifiesexemptions from the provisions of section 58(2) so as to exempt certainproducts containing the substance Hyoscine Butylbromide from beingprescription only medicines.

Article 4 amends Part I of Schedule 1 to the principal Order whichlists substances which render medicinal products prescription onlymedicines except in circumstances also listed.

Article 5 amends Part III of Schedule 1 to the principal Order whichlists the name and product licence number of medicinal products whichare prescription only medicines.

Article 6 adds an entry to Part IV of Schedule 1 to the principalOrder which lists the name and product licence number of medicinalproducts which are not prescription only medicines.