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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-act-1968/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1968/67",
  "legislation_title": "Medicines Act 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-act-1968",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to make new provision with respect to medicinal products and related matters, and for purposes connected therewith.\n[25th October 1968]",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "References to Ministers of Northern Ireland to be construed as references to heads of Northern Ireland departments: Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 5 para. 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Functions of Ministry of Home Affairs for Northern Ireland transferred to Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland by S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1973 No. 504, art. 5, Sch. 2 Pt. I"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Functions exercisable by Ministers jointly under this Act (except s. 108(4)(7) now exercisable by those Ministers and Secretary of State for Wales jointly: S.I. 1978/272, art. 2(3), Sch. 1; references to Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food amended (W.): ibid., art. 11(6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Act restricted by S.I. 1985/273, reg. 3(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "Act amended (N.I.) (1.4.1992) by S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1), art. 7(2), Sch. 2 para. 5(1); S.R. 1991/131, art. 2(e), Sch. Pt. III"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "Certain provisions of the Act extended and modified (14.2.1994) by S.I. 1994/105, reg. 19, Sch. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C7",
      "text": "Act excluded in part (6.5.1998) by S.I. 1998/1046, reg. 43Act excluded in part (6.5.1998) by S.I. 1998/1047, reg. 74Act excluded in part (2.8.1999) by S.I. 1999/1871, reg. 92(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C8",
      "text": "Act: functions transferred (27.12.1999) by S.I. 1999/3142, art. 2(1)(2) (with art. 4)Act: functions transferred (27.3.2002) by S.I. 2002/794, art. 3(1)(c)(2)(7) (with art. 6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C9",
      "text": "Act excluded (30.10.2005) by The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2745), reg. 44(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C10",
      "text": "Act amendment to earlier affecting provision SI 1994/3144 reg. 10 Sch. 4 para. 10(b) (1.10.2006) by The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2407), reg. 1, Sch. 8 para. 11(b) (with regs. 2(4), 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C11",
      "text": "Act amendment to earlier affecting provision SI 1994/3144 reg. 10 Sch. 4 para. 9(b) (1.10.2006) by The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2407), reg. 1, Sch. 8 para. 11(a) (with regs. 2(4), 3)"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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