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(1) This Order may be cited as the Medicines (Products Other Than Veterinary Drugs) (General Sale List) Amendment Order 2000 and shall come into force on 10th May 2000.
(2) In this Order—
(a) “the principal Order” means the Medicines (Products Other Than Veterinary Drugs) (General Sale List) Order 1984;
(b) “Table B of Schedule 1” means Table B (external use only) of Schedule 1 to the principal Order (which specifies the class of medicinal products, other than products the subject of a product licence of right, on general sale by virtue of article 2(a) of the principal Order).
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In Table B of Schedule 1, there is inserted in column 1, at the appropriate place in the alphabetical order of the entries as they appear in that column, the entry set out in column 1 below, and, against that entry there is inserted in columns 2 and 3 the corresponding text in columns 2 and 3 below:

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Substance Maximum strength Use, pharmaceutical form or route of administration
Mepyramine Maleate 2.0 per cent For the symptomatic relief of insect stings and bites, and nettle stings, in adults and in children aged 2 and over.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Hunt
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Health
11th 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 2000