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”.