Explanatory note

This Order is made under section 62 of the Medicines Act 1968 and prohibits the sale or supply of the antimicrobial substances specified in Article 2(2) of the order. Section 62 was made to apply to antimicrobial substances by the Medicines (Extension to Antimicrobial Substances) Order 1973 as that section applies to medicinal products. Exceptions from the prohibition referred to above are provided. These include exceptions for the sale or supply of antimicrobial substances when contained in medicinal products or animal feeding stuffs and exceptions for the sale or supply of Griseofulvin, Streptomycins and certain compounds based on Sulphanilamide when sold or supplied for the purposes and in the circumstances set out in Schedule 2 to the order.