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Medicines Act 1981

Provisions relating to licences

52: Effect of licences

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"What a medicine licence allows you to do"

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You have a licence to make medicines, it lets you make, pack, label and sell them. You can only do this with the medicines described in your licence. A licence to sell medicines by retail does not let you sell prescription medicines or restricted medicines. You have a licence to sell medicines, it has conditions that you must follow. These conditions are set by the licensing authority or by regulations. Your licence only lets you make, pack, label or sell medicines in the premises specified in your licence. A licence to operate a pharmacy lets you set up the pharmacy and do pharmacy work there. You must follow the conditions of your licence and any regulations. This means you can only do what your licence says you can do, in the place it says you can do it.

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Part 3Provisions relating to licences

52Effect of licences

  1. Subject to sections 20, 24, and 25 to 34,—

  2. a licence to manufacture medicines shall authorise the manufacture, packing and labelling, and sale by wholesale, of the medicines described in the licence:
    1. a licence to pack medicines shall authorise the packing and labelling, and the sale by wholesale of the medicines described in the licence:
      1. a licence to sell medicines by wholesale shall authorise the sale by wholesale of the medicines described in the licence:
        1. a licence to sell medicines by retail shall authorise the sale by retail, and the supply in circumstances corresponding to retail sale, of the medicines described in the licence:
          1. a licence to operate a pharmacy authorises the establishment of the pharmacy and the carrying on of pharmacy practice in the pharmacy.

            1. A licence to sell medicines by retail shall not authorise the sale by retail, or the supply in circumstances corresponding to retail sale, of any prescription medicine or any restricted medicine.

            2. A licence is subject to—

            3. any conditions imposed by the licensing authority under section 51(4)(b)(i) or (4A); and
              1. any conditions specified in regulations.

                1. Except as may be permitted by the terms of the licence, or by any regulations made under this Act, a licence shall not authorise the manufacture, packing and labelling, or sale of a medicine elsewhere than in the premises specified or described in the licence.

                Compare
                • 1960 No 97 s 17
                • 1979 No 27 s 37
                Notes
                • Section 52(1)(e): added, on , by section 15(1) of the Medicines Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 50).
                • Section 52(3): replaced, on , by section 29(2) of the Medicines Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 141).