{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-medicines-act-1988/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-medicines-act-1988/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1988/49",
  "legislation_title": "Health and Medicines Act 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-medicines-act-1988",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Powers of Secretary of State.",
  "text": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": "repealed",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 2 omitted (1.4.2004) by virtue of The Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/957), art. 1, Sch. para. 6(2) and Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43), s. 199(1)(4), Sch. 14 Pt. 4; S.I. 2004/288, art. 6(2)(h) (with art. 7) (as amended by S.I. 2004/866 and S.I. 2005/2925); S.I. 2004/480, art. 5(2)(h) (with art. 6) (as amended by S.I. 2004/1019 and S.I. 2006/345); S.I. 2004/288, art. 6(2)(h) (with art. 7) (as amended by S.I. 2004/866 and S.I. 2005/2925); S.I. 2004/480, art. 5(2)(h) (with art. 6) (as amended by S.I. 2004/1019 and S.I. 2006/345)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/49/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:47:38.402190+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}