Change 1 Article Choose an article Title and introductory text 1 Ministers responsible for administration of Act. 2 Establishment of Medicines Commission. 2A Establishment of the Commission on Human Medicines 3 Functions of the Commission 4 Establishment of committees. 5 Supplementary provisions as to Commission and committees. 6 The licensing authority. 7 General provisions as to dealing with medicinal products. 8 Provisions as to manufacture and wholesale dealing. 9 Exemptions for doctors and dentists 10 Exemptions for pharmacists. 11 Exemption for nurses and midwives. 12 Exemptions in respect of herbal remedies. 13 Exemptions for imports. 14 Exemption for re-exports. 15 Provision for extending or modifying exemptions. 16 Transitional exemptions. 17 Termination of transitional exemptions. 18 Application for licence. 19 Factors relevant to determination of application for licence. 20 Grant or refusal of licence. 21 Procedure on reference to appropriate committee 22 Procedure in other cases. 22A Hearing before person appointed 23 Special provisions as to effect of manufacturer’s licence. 24 Duration and renewal of licence. 25 Entitlement to licence of right. 26 Scope of licence of right in different cases. 27 Proceedings on application for licence of right. 28 General power to suspend, revoke or vary licences. 29 Procedure where licensing authority propose to suspend, revoke or vary licence under s. 28. 30 Variation of licence on application of holder. 31 Clinical trials. 32 Medicinal tests on animals. 33 Exemptions in respect of medicinal tests on animals. 34 Restrictions as to animals on which medicinal tests have been carried out. 35 Supplementary provisions as to clinical trials and medicinal tests on animals. 36 Application for, and issue of, certificate. 37 Transitional provisions as to clinical trials and medicinal tests on animals. 38 Duration and renewal of certificate. 39 Suspension, revocation or variation of certificate. 40 Medicated animal feeding stuffs. 41–42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Extension of s. 7 to certain special circumstances. 44 Provision of information to licensing authority. 45 Offences under Part II. 46 Special defences under s. 45. 47 Standard provisions for licences 48 Postponement of restrictions in relation to exports. 49 Special provisions in respect of exporting certain products. 49A Special provisions in respect of exporting certain products to member States 49B Special provisions in respect of exporting certain products to EEA State s 50 Certificates for exporters of medicinal products. 51 General sale lists. 52 Sale or supply of medicinal products not on general sale list. 53 Sale or supply of medicinal products on general sale list. 54 Sale of medicinal products from automatic machines. 55 Exemptions for doctors and dentists etc 56 Exemptions in respect of herbal remedies. 57 Power to extend or modify exemptions. 58 Medicinal products on prescription only. 58A Requirement to specify certain products as prescription-only products 58B Requirement to specify certain products for veterinary use as prescription-only products. 59 Special provisions in relation to new medicinal products. 60 Restricted sale, supply and administration of certain medicinal products. 61 Special restrictions on persons to be supplied with medicinal products. 62 Prohibition of sale or supply, or importation, of medicinal products of specified description .... 63 Adulteration of medicinal products. 64 Protection of purchasers of medicinal products. 65 Compliance with standards specified in monographs in certain publications. 66 Further powers to regulate dealings with medicinal products. 67 Offences under Part III. 67A Defence to offence of contravening section 63(a) or (b): product not sold or supplied 67B Defence to offence of contravening section 63(a) or (b): product sold or supplied 67C Defence to offence of contravening section 64 67D Defences under sections 67A, 67B and 67C: evidence etc. 67E Sections 67A to 67D: “adulteration” and “registrant” 67F Sections 67A to 67D: “relevant pharmacy service” 68 Disqualification on conviction of certain offences. 69 General provisions. 70 Business carried on by individual pharmacist or by partners. 71 Business carried on by body corporate 72 Representative of pharmacist in case of death or disability. 72A The responsible pharmacist 72AA The superintendent 72B Sections 72A and 72AA: supplementary 73 Power to extend or modify conditions. 74 Meaning of “registered pharmacy". 74A Registration of premises: Great Britain 74B Conditions for registration: Great Britain 74C Supplementary provision in respect of registration of premises: Great Britain 74D Conditional registration: Great Britain 74E Supplementary provision in respect of conditional registration: Great Britain 74F Giving of notice by registrar: Great Britain 74G Voluntary removal from the register: Great Britain 74H 74I Supplementary provision in respect of change of ownership of retail pharmacy business: Great Britain 74J Temporary registration with regard to emergencies involving loss of human life or human illness etc. 74K Temporary annotations with regard to emergencies involving loss of human life or human illness etc. 74L Evidence of registration: Great Britain 75 Registration of premises: Northern Ireland. 76 Supplementary provisions as to registration of premises: Northern Ireland. 77 Annual return of premises to registrar. 78 Restrictions on use of titles, descriptions and emblems. 79 Provision for modifying or extending restrictions under s. 78. 80 Power for relevant disciplinary committee to disqualify and direct removal from register. 81 Grounds for disqualification in certain cases. 82 Procedure relating to disqualification. 82A Interim measures 83 Revocation of disqualification. 84 Offences under Part IV. 84A Rules by the General Pharmaceutical Council 85 Labelling and marking of containers and packages. 86 Leaflets. 87 Requirements as to containers. 88 Distinctive colours, shapes and markings of medicinal products. 89 Display of information on automatic machines. 90 Provisions as to medicated animal feeding stuffs. 91 Offences under Part V, and supplementary provisions. 92 Scope of Part VI. 93 False or misleading advertisements and representations. 94 Advertisements requiring consent of holder of product licence. 95 Powers to regulate advertisements and representations. 96 Advertisements and representations directed to practitioners. 97 Power for licensing authority to require copies of advertisements. 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 New editions of British Pharmacopoeia, and other compendia. 100 Lists of names. 101 Other publications. 102 Supplementary provisions. 103 Construction of references to specified publications. 104 Application of the 2012 Regulations to certain articles and substances. 105 Application of the 2012 Regulations to certain other substances which are not medicinal products. 106 Extension of references to carrying on business. 107 Validity of decisions and proceedings relating thereto. 108 Enforcement in England and Wales. 109 Enforcement in Scotland. 110 Enforcement in Northern Ireland. 111 Rights of entry. 112 Power to inspect, take samples and seize goods and documents. 113 Application of sampling procedure to substance or article seized under s. 112. 114 Supplementary provisions as to rights of entry and related rights. 115 Analysis of samples in other cases. 115A Facilities for microbiological examinations. 116 Liability to forfeiture under Customs and Excise Act 1952. 117 Special enforcement and sampling provisions relating to animal feeding stuffs. 118 Restrictions on disclosure of information. 119 Protection for officers of enforcement authorities. 120 Compensation for loss of employment or loss or diminution of emoluments. 121 Contravention due to default of other person. 122 Warranty as defence. 123 Offences in relation to warranties and certificates of analysis. 124 Offences by bodies corporate. 125 Prosecutions. 126 Presumptions. 127 Service of documents. 128 Financial provisions. 129 Orders and regulations. 130 Meaning of “medicinal product" and related expressions. 131 Meaning of “wholesale dealing", “retail sale" and related expressions. 132 General interpretation provisions. 133 General provisions as to operation of Act. 134 Special provisions as to Northern Ireland. 135 Minor and consequential amendments and repeals. 136 Short title, extent and commencement. SCHEDULE 1 Provisions Relating to Medicines Commission and Committees SCHEDULE 1A PROVISIONS RELATING TO COMMISSION AND COMMITTEES SCHEDULE 2 SUSPENSION, REVOCATION OR VARIATION OF LICENCE SCHEDULE 3 SAMPLING SCHEDULE 4 Provisions relating to Northern Ireland SCHEDULE 5 Amendments of Enactments of Parliament of United Kingdom. SCHEDULE 6 Enactments of Parliament of United Kingdom Repealed. SCHEDULE 7 SCHEDULE 8 Enactments of Parliament of Northern Ireland Repealed.
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63 Adulteration of medicinal products.
No person shall—
(a) add any substance to, or abstract any substance from, a medicinal product so as to affect injuriously the composition of the product, with intent that the product shall be sold or supplied in that state, or
(b) sell or supply, or offer or expose for sale or supply, or have in his possession for the purpose of sale or supply, any medicinal product whose composition has been injuriously affected by the addition or abstraction of any substance.
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63 Adulteration of medicinal products.
No person shall—
(a) add any substance to, or abstract any substance from, a medicinal product so as to affect injuriously the composition of the product, with intent that the product shall be sold or supplied in that state, or
(b) sell or supply, or offer or expose for sale or supply, or have in his possession for the purpose of sale or supply, any medicinal product whose composition has been injuriously affected by the addition or abstraction of any substance.
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