{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-administration-of-radioactive-substances-regulations-1978/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-administration-of-radioactive-substances-regulations-1978/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1978/1006",
  "legislation_title": "The Medicines (Administration of Radioactive Substances) Regulations 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-administration-of-radioactive-substances-regulations-1978",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MEDICINES\nMade 17th July 1978\nLaid before Parliament 27th July 1978\nComing into Operation\nRegulations 1 and 3 1st January 1979\nAll other Regulations 1st July 1980\nThe Secretaries of State respectively concerned with health in England, in Wales and in Scotland and the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, acting jointly, in exercise of powers conferred by section 60 of the Medicines Act 1968 and now vested in them and the said Secretaries of State together with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland being designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to medicinal products and safety measures in regard to radioactive substances and the emission of ionising radiation, acting jointly, in exercise of powers conferred on them by the said section 2(2) and in each case in exercise 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 regulations, and after consulting and taking into account the advice of the Medicines Commission, hereby make the following regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "In the case of the Secretaries of State concerned with health in England and in Wales by virtue of Article 2(2) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Transfer of Functions (Wales) Order 1969 (S.I. 1969/388), and in the case of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland by virtue of section 40 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), and section 1(3) of, and paragraph 2(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to, the Northern Ireland Act 1974 (c. 28)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I.1972/1811 and S.I. 1977/1718."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1978/1006/introduction",
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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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