# The Herbal Medicines Advisory Committee Order 2005, Introduction: Introductory text


MEDICINES
Made 10th October 2005
Coming into force 30th October 2005
The 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.
In 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.
In 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.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2791/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/herbal-medicines-advisory-committee-order-2005/introduction
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.