
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Medicines (Sale or Supply) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Amendment Regulations 1990 and shall come into force on 18th June 1990.
2 
Regulation 8 of the Medicines (Sale or Supply) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 1980 (pack size on retail sale or supply of certain medicinal products on a general sale list) shall be amended as follows—
(a) in paragraph (1) for “paragraphs (2) and (3)” substitute “paragraphs (2), (2A) and (3)”; and
(b) after paragraph (2) insert the following paragraph—“
(2A) Where tablets for human use containing Bisacodyl are sold by retail in the course of a business elsewhere than at a registered pharmacy or are so offered or exposed for sale by retail or so supplied in circumstances corresponding to retail sale, they shall be presented for sale in a separate and individual container or package containing not more than 10 tablets.”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Virginia Bottomley
Minister of State,
Department of Health
21st May 1990David Hunt
Secretary of State for Wales
15th May 1990M. B. Forsyth
Parliamentary Under Seary of State, Scottish Office
16th May 1990In witness whereof the official seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on
John Selwyn Gummer
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
16th May 1990.Sealed with the official seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland this 18th day of May 1990.
F. A. Elliott
Permanent Secretary
Sealed with the official seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland this 21st day of May 1990.
W. J. Hodges
Permanent Secretary
