Marking of bottles and other containers18
1
Subject to paragraph (2), no person shall supply a controlled drug otherwise than in a bottle, package or other container which is plainly marked—
a
in the case of a controlled drug other than a preparation, with the amount of the drug contained therein;
b
in the case of a controlled drug which is a preparation—
i
made up into tablets, capsules or other dosage units, with the amount of each component (being a controlled drug) of the preparation in each dosage unit and the number of dosage units in the bottle, package or other container;
ii
not made up as aforesaid, with the total amount of the preparation in the bottle, package or other container and the percentage of each of its components which is a controlled drug.
2
Nothing in this regulation shall have effect in relation to—
a
the drugs specified in Schedules 4 and 5 or poppy-straw;
b
any drug specified in Schedule 3 contained in or comprising a preparation which—
i
is required for use as a buffering agent in chemical analysis;
ii
has present in it both a substance specified in paragraph 1 or 2 of that Schedule and a salt of that substance; and
iii
is premixed in a kit;
c
any exempt product;
F2d
the supply of a controlled drug by or on the prescription of a practitioner, a supplementary prescriber, a nurse independent prescriber F4, registered chiropodist or registered podiatrist, paramedic independent prescriber, therapeutic radiographer independent prescriber or a pharmacist independent prescriber;
e
the supply of a controlled drug for administration in a clinical trial or a medicinal test on animals.