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(1) These regulations may be cited as the Medicines (Licensing of Intra-Uterine Contraceptive Devices) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1978 and shall come into operation on 1st October 1978.
(2) Except in so far as the context otherwise requires, any reference in these regulations to any enactment, order, rules or regulations shall be construed as a reference to that enactment or order or those rules or regulations, as the case may be, as amended, extended or re-enacted by any other enactment, order, rules or regulations.
(3) The rules for the construction of Acts of Parliament contained in the Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the purposes of the interpretation of these regulations as they apply for the purposes of the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
2 
In regulation 2 of the Medicines (Applications for Manufacturer's and Wholesale Dealer's Licences) Regulations 1971 as amended, immediately after paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following paragraph:—“

(1A) In these regulations any reference to medicinal products shall be construed as including a reference to substances or articles in respect of which an application is made.
”
3 
For the definition of “medicinal product” in regulation 3(1) (definitions) of the Medicines (Labelling) Regulations 1976 as amended there shall be substituted the definition—“

 “medicinal product” includes articles or substances specified in the Medicines (Control of Substances for Manufacture) Order 1971, the Medicines (Surgical Materials) Order 1971 and the articles or substances described in paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Medicines (Specified Articles and Substances) Order 1976 but shall not include any herbal remedy to which the provisions of section 12(2) of the Act are applicable;
”.
David Ennals
Secretary of State for Social Services
11th July 1978John Morris
Secretary of State for Wales
17th July 1978Bruce Millan
Secretary of State for Scotland
18th July 1978In witness whereof the official seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 28th July 1978.
John Silkin
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Sealed with the official seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland this 31st day of July 1978.
N. Dugdale
Permanent Secretary
Sealed with the official seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland this 31st day of July 1978.
W.H. Jack
Deputy Secretary
