
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Medicines (Sale or Supply) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Amendment Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 10th May 2000.
2 
In 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)—
(a) in paragraph (1), for “paragraphs (2) to (2F) and 3” there is substituted “paragraphs (2) to (2G) and 3”; and
(b) after paragraph (2F) there is inserted—“
(2G) Where a medicinal product for human use containing mepyramine maleate is sold by retail in the course of a business elsewhere than at a registered pharmacy or is so offered or exposed for sale by retail or so supplied in circumstances corresponding to retail sale, the product shall be presented for sale in a separate and individual container or package containing not more than 20 grams of the product.”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Hunt
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department of Health
11th April 2000Hayman
Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
12th April 2000Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
W. B. Smith
A Senior Officer of the
Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
on 14th April 2000Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
P. J. Small
A Senior Officer of the
Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
on 14th April 2000