HC Deb 18 October 1968 vol 770 cc788-90

Lords Amendment No. 24: In page 27, line 1, after the Amendment last inserted, insert new Clause "E":

doing anything, or procuring anything to be done, for the purposes of a clinical trial or of a medicinal test on animals if—
60 (a) the trial or test is, or is to be, carried out under arrangements to which he is not a party, and
(b) he has not been informed of those arrangements.
(8) The appropriate Ministers may by order provide—
65 (a) that subsection (2) or subsection (4) of section (Clinical trials) of this Act shall have effect subject to such exemptions (other than those for the time being having effect by virtue of subsections (5) to (7) of that section and subsection (4) of this section) as may be specified in the order;
70 (b) that section (Medicinal tests on animals) of this Act shall have effect subject to such exemptions (other than those for the time being having effect by virtue of section (Exemptions in respect of medicinal tests on animals) of this Act and subsection (4) of this section) as may be so specified.
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(9) Any exemption conferred by an order under subsection (8) of this section may be conferred subject to such conditions or limitations as may be specified in the order.
80 (10) The appropriate Ministers may by order provide that any of the provisions of subsections (5) to (7) of section (Clinical trials) of this Act, or any of the provisions of section (Exemptions in respect of medicinal tests on animals) of this Act, or subsection (4) of this section, shall cease to have effect, or shall have effect subject to such exceptions or modifications as may be specified in the order.
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(11) No order shall be made under subsection (10) of this section unless a draft of the order has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament."

Read a Second time.

Amendments to the proposed Amendment agreed to: In line 67, leave out '(7)' and insert '(8)'.

In line 80 leave out '(7)' and insert '(8)'.—[Mr. K. Robinson.]

Lords Amendment, as amended, agreed to.

"F.—(1) Where in the course of a business carried on by him a person incorporates a substance or article, other than a medicinal product, in any animal feeding stuff with a view to—
5 (a) feeding it, with the substance or article incorporated in it, to one or more animals, or
(b) selling, supplying or exporting it with the substance or article incorporated in it,
10 and the substance or article is so incorporated by him for a medicinal purpose, sections 36(3) and 37 of this Act shall have effect in relation to the incorporation of that substance or article as if it were a medicinal product.
(2) Where in the course of a business carried on by him a person proposes—
15 (a) to sell or supply a substance or article, other than a medicinal product, to persons who for a medicinal purpose may require to incorporate it in animal feeding stuffs to be fed to one or more animals, or
20 (b) to manufacture a substance or article, other than a medicinal product, for sale or supply as mentioned in the preceding paragraph,
he may, if he so desires, apply for a product licence in respect of that substance or article, and the licensing authority (subject to the provisions of sections 19 to 22 of this Act) may grant to him a product licence in respect of it, as if it were a medicinal product

Subsequent Lords Amendments agreed to.