Medical Preparations (Licensing, Advertisement and Sale) (Amendment) Regulations, 1989.

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Year: 1989
• Citation: IR SI 347/1989

S.I. No. 347 of 1989.

MEDICAL PREPARATIONS (LICENSING, ADVERTISEMENT AND SALE) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1989.

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Minister for Health by sections 5 and 65 of the Health Act, 1947 (No. 28 of 1947) as amended by section 39 of the Health Act, 1953 (No. 26 of 1953) and by section 36 of the Misuse of Drugs Act, 1977 (No. 12 of 1977), which said powers are delegated to me by the Health (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order, 1989 ( S.I. No. 235 of 1989 ), I, NOEL TREACY, Minister of State at the Department of Health, hereby make the following Regulations: 1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Medical Preparations (Licensing, Advertisement and Sale) (Amendment) Regulations, 1989.

(2) These Regulations shall be construed as one with the Medical Preparations (Licensing, Advertisement and Sale) Regulations, 1984 ( S.I. No. 210 of 1984 ) (hereinafter referred to as "the Principal Regulations") and may be cited together with those Regulations as the Medical Preparations (Licensing, Advertisement and Sale) Regulations 1984 and 1989. 2. In these Regulations:

"sale by wholesale" means sale or supply for the purposes of sale in the course of a business or for administration to patients in the course of a professional practice and cognate words shall be construed accordingly. 3. The Principal Regulations are hereby amended by:—

(1) the substitution of the following sub-article for sub-article (1) of article 14:—

"(1) The enforcement and execution of the provisions of these Regulations may be carried out by officers of the Minister and by health boards and their officers.".

(2) the substitution of the following sub-article for sub-article (2) of article 14:—

"(2) Subject to sub-article (3) any such officer as aforesaid (with in the case of an officer of the Minister, a written authorisation of the Minister and in the case of an officer of a health board, a written authorisation of the board), may, at all reasonable times, for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not there is or has been a contravention of these Regulations:—

( a ) enter premises of any class or description,

( b ) inspect any substance, preparation or article which is stored, kept or offered for sale at such premises,

( c ) require the production of any book, record or other document, and inspect and, if he thinks fit, take copies of any entry in any such book, record or other document at such premises, and

( d ) take (without payment) samples of any substance, preparation or article stored or offered or kept for sale at such premises for test, examination or analysis". 4. For the Second Schedule to the Principal Regulations there shall be substituted the Schedule to...