UK Offence Report

The Medicines (Chloroform Prohibition) Order 1979

UK Statutory Instrument 1979 No. 382 — creates 1 criminal offence.

1offences created
0recorded in force
0revoked
Made
28 March 1979
In force from
28 March 1980
Extent
Not stated
Subject
Drugs and medicines
Made under
Medicines Act 1968

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

This Order prohibits the sale or supply of medicinal products which are for human use and which consist of or contain chloroform. The Order provides exemptions from the prohibition. These include— (1) certain sales or supplies of medicinal products by medical and dental practitioners and from registered pharmacies and hospitals; (2) the sale or supply of chloroform as an anaesthetic; (3) the sale or supply of medicinal products where the chloroform content does not exceed specified limits, or for use in dental surgery, or solely for external use; (4) the sale or supply or medicinal products for export; (5) the sale or supply of chloroform for use as an ingredient, in specified circumstances, in the preparation of a substance or article. Article 4 contains transitional provisions.

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