Medical Preparations (Wholesale Licences) Regulations, 1974

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Year: 1974
• Citation: IR SI 333/1974

S.I. No. 333 of 1974.

MEDICAL PREPARATIONS (WHOLESALE LICENCES) REGULATIONS, 1974.

The Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him 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), hereby makes the following Regulations : 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Medical Preparations (Wholesale Licences) Regulations, 1974. 2. In these Regulations—

"the Minister" means the Minister for Health;

"sale by wholesale" means sale or supply to a person for the purposes of resale or for administration to patients in the course of a business or profession conducted by that person or for a hospital, clinic or similar institution. 3. Subject to the exemptions provided for in article 4 of these Regulations, no person shall sell any medical preparation by wholesale except in accordance with a licence (hereinafter called a wholesaler's licence) granted by the Minister. 4. (1) The provisions of article 3 of these Regulations shall not apply to—

( a ) the sale or supply of a medical preparation by a person who has manufactured it in accordance with a manufacturer's licence held by him under the Medical Preparations (Licensing of Manufacture) Regulations, 1974 ( S.I. No. 225 of 1974 ), or

( b ) the sale by retail of a medical preparation to a registered medical practitioner or a registered dentist for administration to his patients, or

( c ) arrangements for the distribution of medical preparations amongst themselves by one member of a group of persons not exceeding three in number who co-operate in the purchase by wholesale of these medical preparations.

(2) "Person" for the purposes of paragraph (c) of sub-article (1) of this article means a registered pharmaceutical chemist, a registered dispensing chemist and druggist or a registered druggist. 5. A wholesaler's licence may relate to medical preparations generally, to medical preparations of a class or description specified in such licence or to one or more medical preparations specified in such licence. 6. (1) The Minister may grant a wholesaler's licence to any person who applies in the form and manner required by the Minister and who satisfies the Minister in regard to the medical preparation or preparations which he proposes to sell by wholesale, that he has suitable premises, equipment and staff and suitable arrangements for record-keeping, handling, storage and distribution.

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