
1 
This Order may be cited as the Medicines (Prohibition of Non-medicinal Antimicrobial Substances) (Amendment) Order 1992 and shall come into force on1st December 1992.
2 

(1) The Medicines (Prohibition of Non-medicinal Antimicrobial Substances) Order 1977 shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of this article.
(2) In Schedule 2—
(a) in column 2 (purpose) in relation to the entry “3. Streptomycins” there shall be added, at the end, the following subparagraph—“
(3) When used, sold or supplied for use as a preservative in a product used in the artificial breeding of animals.”;
(b) at the end there shall be added the following paragraphs—“

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Substance Purpose Circumstances

4 
Amphotericins When used, sold or supplied for use as a preservative in a product used in the artificial breeding of animals.

5 
Gentamicins When used, sold or supplied for use as a preservative in a product used in the artificial breeding of animals.

6 
Kanamycins When used, sold or supplied for use as a preservative in a product used in the artificial breeding of animals.

7 
Lincomycins When used, sold or supplied for use as a preservative in a product used in the artificial breeding of animals.

8 
Nystatin When used, sold or supplied for use as a preservative in a product used in the artificial breeding of animals.

9 
Penicillins When used, sold or supplied for use as a preservative in a product used in the artificial breeding of animals.

10 
Spectinomycin When used, sold or supplied for use as a preservative in a product used in the artificial breeding of animals.

11 
Tylosin When used, sold or supplied for use as a preservative in a product used in the artificial breeding of animals.”
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Brian Mawhinney
Minister,
Department of Health
27th October 1992Hector Monro
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
22nd October 1992David Hunt
Secretary of State for Wales
21st October 1992In 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
23rd October 1992Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland this
F. E. Elliott
Permanent Secretary
26th day of October 1992.Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland this
W. J. Hodges
Permanent Secretary
29th day of October 1992.