Medicines Act 1968 — United Kingdom law | Esheria

Medicines Act 1968

This provision sets out pharmacy and medicines rules, including supervision-based exemptions, ministerial powers to regulate or restrict medicinal products, duties for responsible pharmacists and superintendents, registration rules, and criminal offences for adulteration and other breaches.

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Jurisdiction
United Kingdom
Instrument
Act or statute
Version
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Language
en
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commencement definitions inspection and seizure medicinal products offences and penalties pharmacist supervision premises registration registered pharmacies registrations and approvals regulatory change tracking regulatory consultation regulatory enforcement regulatory powers retail pharmacy business retail pharmacy businesses sampling and analysis

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About this statute

This provision sets out pharmacy and medicines rules, including supervision-based exemptions, ministerial powers to regulate or restrict medicinal products, duties for responsible pharmacists and superintendents, registration rules, and criminal offences for adulteration and other breaches. This provision lets the registrar manage pharmacy premises entries in Part 3 of the register, including restoration, conditions, removal, notices, and confirmations, while restricting the use of certain pharmacy-related titles and descriptions. This provision gives the General Pharmaceutical Council rule-making powers, sets approval/consultation steps for some rules, creates offences and fines for certain contraventions, and gives enforcement authorities inspection and entry powers. This provision sets definitions and interpretive rules, and gives Ministers and sampling officers several procedural powers and duties for medicines regulation and sampling. This provision lists later instruments that applied, modified, repealed, substituted, or omitted parts of the Medicines Act 1968 and related schedules/sections.