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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Medicines (Data Sheet and Labelling) Amendment Regulations 1989.
(2) Except as provided in regulation 4, these Regulations shall come into force on 1st of August 1989.
2 
The Medicines (Data Sheet) Regulations 1972 shall be amended by –
(a) in paragraph (10) in column 2 of Schedule 2 to those Regulations (product licence numbers, names and addresses);
(i) omitting all the words from “or (d) the name” to the words “Order 1971 are applicable”; and
(ii) substituting for the words “either (a), (b), (c) or (d)”, the words “either (a), (b) or (c)”;
(b) in paragraph (10) in column 2 of Schedule 3 to those Regulations (product licence numbers, names and addresses);
(i) omitting all the words from “or (d) the name” to the words “Order 1971 are applicable”; and
(ii) substituting for the words “either (a), (b), (c) or (d)”, the words “either (a), (b) or (c)”.
3 
The Medicines (Labelling) Regulations 1976 shall be amended by, in Schedule 1 to those Regulations (standard particulars required in the labelling of containers and packages), omitting:—
(a) in paragraph 8(b) the final “, or”;
(b) paragraph 8(c) (name and address of specified person);
(c) in paragraph 9 (product licence number) all the words from “or, where the licensing authority” to the words “or the number of the relevant direction”; and
(d) in paragraph 12 (particulars specified by Licensing Authority) all the words from “or by a direction given” to the end of that paragraph.
4 
For the purposes of any case where a direction issued pursuant to article 3 of the Medicines (Exemption from Licences) (Special and Transitional Cases) Order 1971 is in force on the 31st July 1989 the amendments made by regulations 2 or 3 shall come into force on 1st February 1990.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.
D. Mellor
Minister of State,
Department of Health
6th July 1989P. Walker
Secretary of State for Wales
6th July 1989M. B. Forsyth
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
5th July 1989In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 7th July 1989.
John MacGregor
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland this 7th day of July 1989.
F. A. Elliot
Permanent Secretary
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland this 7th day of July 1989.
W. J. Hodges
Permanent Secretary
