# The Medicines Act 1968 (Commencement No. 4) Order 1973, Introduction: Introductory text


MEDICINES
Made 2nd November 1973
The Secretaries of State respectively concerned with health in England and in Wales, the Secretary of State concerned with health and with agriculture in Scotland, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, acting jointly, in exercise of powers conferred by section 136(3) and (4) of the Medicines Act 1968 and now vested in them and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after consulting such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by the following order, hereby make the following order:—

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1973/1851/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-act-1968-commencement-no-4-order-1973/introduction
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