Regulation 2

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg. 2 words omitted by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Consequential Amendments and Saving Provision) 2013 Sch. para. 76(a)
reg. 2 words substituted by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Consequential Amendments and Saving Provision) 2013 Sch. para. 76(b)(i)
reg. 2 words omitted by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Consequential Amendments and Saving Provision) 2013 Sch. para. 76(b)(ii)
reg. 2 words substituted by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Consequential Amendments and Saving Provision) 2013 Sch. para. 76(c)
reg. 2 words substituted by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Consequential Amendments and Saving Provision) 2013 Sch. para. 76(d)

(1)

Where any of the conditions set out in paragraph (2) is satisfied, something which would otherwise fall within section 58(4)(a) of the Act is not to be regarded as a dangerous substance.

(2)

Those conditions are:

(a)

that it exists in the form of, or is included in, a medicinal product; or

(b)

that it is an immunological product intended to diagnose whether a state of immunity to certain diseases exists in human beings or animals; or

(c)

that it is for use in medicinal tests on animals in accordance with a valid animal test certificate; or

(d)

that it is modified for use to be administered to one or more human beings or animals for a medicinal purpose; or

(e)

that it is kept in such a way that it is no longer in a state that will allow it to be propagated; or

(f)

that it is kept—

(i)

as part of a clinical specimen for diagnostic purposes, and

(ii)

for no longer than is reasonably practicable for its disposal after the time when the diagnosis has been made.

(3)

In this regulation—

“administer” has the same meaning as in section 130(9) of the Medicines Act 1968^f1;
“medicinal product” means any substance or article which is held in a form which is ready to be administered to one or more human beings or animals for a medicinal purpose; and
“medicinal purpose” has the same meaning as in section 130(2) of the Medicines Act 1968.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1968 c.67; section 130(9) was amended by paragraph 3(9) of Schedule 1 to the Animal Health and Welfare Act 1984 (c.40).