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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-act-1968/schedule-4/paragraph-6",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1968/67",
  "legislation_title": "Medicines Act 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-act-1968",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The appropriate Northern Ireland Minister may in relation to Northern Ireland exercise any power of making an order or regulations which is conferred on the Ministers by any provision of this Act ......... where in his ... opinion there are special circumstances which render it expedient to do so.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 6 substituted (1.10.2006) by The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2407), reg. 1, Sch. 8 para. 69(b)(i) (with regs. 2(4), 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 4 para. 6 substituted (1.10.2006) by The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2407), reg. 1, Sch. 8 para. 69(b)(ii) (with regs. 2(4), 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 6 omitted (14.8.2012) by virtue of The Human Medicines Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1916), reg. 1(2), Sch. 34 para. 35(b) (with Sch. 32)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 6 omitted (1.10.2006) by virtue of The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2407), reg. 1, Sch. 8 para. 69(b)(iii) (with regs. 2(4), 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words repealed by Animal Health and Welfare Act 1984 (c. 40, SIF 2:8), s. 16, Sch. 1 para. 3(11), Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 6 omitted (1.10.2006) by virtue of The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2407), reg. 1, Sch. 8 para. 69(b)(iv) (with regs. 2(4), 3)"
    }
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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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