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(1) This Order may be cited as the Medicines for Human Use (Prescribing) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 6th January 2006.
(2) In this Order—
 “the POM Order” means the Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Order 1997;
 “the Pharmacy and General Sale Order” means the Medicines (Pharmacy and General Sale—Exemption) Order 1980.
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In the table in Schedule 3A to the POM Order (substances which may be prescribed, administered or directed for administration by extended formulary nurse prescribers and conditions for such prescription or administration), in column 1, insert, at the appropriate place in the alphabetical order of the entries as they appear in that column, the entries set out in column 1 below, and in column 2, insert, against those entries, the corresponding entries in column 2 below—

Column 1 Column 2
Buprenorphine Transdermal administration in palliative care
Chlordiazepoxide hydrochloride Oral
Diamorphine hydrochloride Oral and parenteral
Fentanyl Transdermal administration in palliative care
Morphine sulphate Oral, parenteral and rectal
Morphine hydrochloride Rectal
Oxycodone hydrochloride Oral and parenteral administration in palliative care
3 
In the table in Part I of Schedule 5 to the POM Order (exemption from restrictions on sale or supply), in paragraph 6A, column 2, insert, at the appropriate place in the alphabetical order of the entries as they appear in that column, “Pilocarpine nitrate”.
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In the table in Part I of Schedule 1 to the Pharmacy and General Sale Order, in paragraph 2A, in column 2, insert, at the appropriate place in the alphabetical order of the entries as they appear in that paragraph, “Pilocarpine nitrate”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Jane Kennedy
Minister of State,
Department of Health
27th November 2005Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
Andrew McCormick
Permanent Secretary,
Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
2nd December 2005