
1 
This order, which may be cited as the Medicines (Contact Lens Fluids and Other Substances) (Exemption from Licences) Amendment Order 1979, amends the Medicines (Contract Lens Fluids and Other Substances) (Exemption from Licences) Order 1979 (hereinafter referred to as “the principal order”) and shall come into operation on 1st January 1980.
2 
In Article 1 of the principal order, paragraph (2) shall be amended by the deletion of the definition of “contact lens” and immediately after paragraph (2) the following paragraph shall be inserted—“

(2A) In the definition of ‘contact lens substance’ in paragraph (2), the expression ‘contact lens’ refers only to a contact lens which consists of a thin curved shell of glass, plastic or other hard or soft material intended for use by being applied to the human eyeball.
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Patrick Jenkin
Secretary of State for Social Services
20th December 1979Nicholas Edwards
Secretary of State for Wales
21st December 1979George Younger
Secretary of State for Scotland
20th December 1979Sealed with the official seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland this 20th day of December 1979.
N. Dugdale
Permanent Secretary
