# The Medicines Act 1968 (Hearings by Persons Appointed) Rules 1986, Article 2: Interpretation


In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires—
(a) a reference
(i) to a numbered section, Part or Schedule is a reference to the section of or, as the case may be, the Part of or Schedule to the Act bearing that number;
(ii) to a numbered Rule is to the Rule bearing that number in these Rules;
(b) “the Act” means the Medicines Act 1968;
“applicant” means an applicant for a licence or certificate under Part II or a direction under section 47(6) (application for a direction concerning incorporation of standard conditions into a licence or certificate) or a certificate for the purposes of section 60 (restricted sale, supply and administration of certain medicinal products) or an applicant for registration of premises under section 75 (registration of pharmacy premises) or an applicant for the renewal of any such licence or certificate;
“duly authorised person” means any person duly authorised in writing by the relevant Minister;
“person appointed” means a person appointed under any of the following provisions of, or made under, the Act, namely—
(i) section 21(5) (applications for licences referred to the appropriate committee or the Medicines Commission),
(ii) section 22(3) (applications for licences in other cases),
(iii) section 47(7) (refusal to give a direction),
(iv) section 75(5) (proposal to certify that premises are unsuitable for registration),
(v) paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 (proposals to suspend, revoke or vary a product licence which are referred to the appropriate committee or the Medicines Commission),
(vi) paragraph 9 of Schedule 2 (proposals to suspend, revoke or vary licences in other cases), and
(vii) regulations made under section 60 (concerning restricted sale, supply and administration of certain medicinal products),
including, in the case of sections 21(5) and 22(3), those provisions as applied by section 24(4) (renewal of licences), section 36(3) (applications for certificates) and section 38(5) (renewal of certificates) and including, in the case of paragraphs 6 and 9 of Schedule 2, those provisions as applied by section 39(3) (suspension, revocation or variation of certificates);
“relevant Minister” means—
(i) in relation to a licence, certificate or direction under Part II, the licensing authority as defined in section 6(3),
(ii) in relation to a certificate for the purposes of section 60, the appropriate Ministers as defined in section 1(2), and
(iii) in relation to the registration of premises under section 75, the appropriate Minister as defined in sub-section (8) of that section;
and other expressions have the same meanings as in the Act;
(c) the provisions of section 127 shall apply to notices and other documents required or authorised to be given or sent by any provision of these Rules as they apply to notices or other documents required or authorised to be given or sent by any provision of the Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1761/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-act-1968-hearings-by-persons-appointed-rules-1986/article-2
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