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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/herbal-medicines-advisory-committee-order-2005/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/2791",
  "legislation_title": "The Herbal Medicines Advisory Committee Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/herbal-medicines-advisory-committee-order-2005",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MEDICINES\nMade 10th October 2005\nComing into force 30th October 2005\nThe Secretary of State for Health and the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, acting jointly, make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 4 of the Medicines Act 1968 or, as the case may be, those conferred by the said provision and now vested in them.\nIn accordance with section 4(1) of the Medicines Act, they have had regard to the recommendations made by the Medicines Commission under section 3(2) of that Act.\nIn accordance with sections 4(1) and 129(6) of the Medicines Act, they have consulted such organisations as they consider appropriate and those appearing to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by the following Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1968 c. 67; the expression “the Health Ministers” is defined in section 1 of that Act as amended by article 2(2) of, and Schedule 1 to, S.I. 1969/388 and by articles 2(1) and 5 of, and the Schedule to, S.I. 1999/3142."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "In the case of the Secretary of State, by virtue of article 2(2) of, and Schedule 1 to, S.I. 1969/388 and articles 2(1) and 5 of, and the Schedule to, S.I. 1999/3142, and in the case of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, the powers vested in the Ministers in charge of that Department by virtue of section 95(5) of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 12 to, the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47) may now be exercised by the Department by virtue of section 1(8) of, and paragraph 4(1)(b) of the Schedule to, the Northern Ireland Act 2000 (c. 1). The Department was re-named by virtue of Article 3(6) of S.I. 1999/283 (N.I.1)."
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  "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."
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