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The Medicines (Advertising) Amendment Regulations 1996
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Amendment of regulation 6 of and Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations
2.—(1) For regulation 6 paragraph (2) of the principal Regulations (prohibition of advertisements referring to specified diseases), there shall be substituted the following paragraph—
“(2) Paragraph (1) shall not be taken to prohibit a person from issuing an advertisement which is likely to lead to the use of a relevant medicinal product—
(a)for the purpose of the prevention of neural tube defects; or
(b)for the purpose of the treatment of
(i)the symptoms of sprains or strains, or
(ii)the pain or stiffness of rheumatic or non-serious arthritic conditions.”.
(2) In Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (diseases in respect of which advertisements to the public are prohibited), after the entry “Genetic disorders” there shall be inserted the entry “Joint, rheumatic and collagen diseases”.
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