Regulation 2 Amendment of regulation 8 of the principal Regulations
In regulation 8 of the principal Regulations (pack size on retail sale or supply of certain medicinal products on a general sale list)—
in paragraph (1), for “paragraphs (2), (2A) and (3)” there is substituted “paragraphs (2) to (2C) and (3)”;
after paragraph (2A) there are inserted the following paragraphs—
“(2B)Where a medicinal product for human use containing ibuprofen is sold by retail in the course of a business elsewhere than at a registered pharmacy or is so offered or exposed for sale by retail or so supplied in circumstances corresponding to retail sale, the product shall be presented for sale in a separate and invididual container or package containing—
(a)in the case of tablets, not more than 12 tablets;
(b)in the case of capsules, not more than 12 capsules;
(c)in the case of powder or granules, not more than 12 sachets;
(d)in the case of a product for topical use, not more than 2.5 grams of ibuprofen.
(2C)Where a medicinial product for topical human use containing clotrimazole is sold by retail in the course of a business eleswhere than at a registered pharmacy or is so offered or exposed for sale by retail or so supplied in circumstances corresponding to retail sale, the product shall be presented for sale in a separate and individual container or package containing not more than 500 milligrams of clotrimazole.”.