# Medicines and Medical Devices Act 2021, Section 7: Emergencies


(1) Regulations under section 2(1) may make provision about the disapplication of a human medicines provision in circumstances which give rise to a need to protect the public from a risk of serious harm to health.
(2) Regulations made in reliance on subsection (1) may provide for the disapplication to be subject to—
(a) conditions set out in the regulations;
(b) conditions set out in a protocol published by the appropriate authority.
(3) Where regulations made in reliance on subsection (1) provide that the appropriate authority may publish a protocol setting out conditions, the regulations must provide—
(a) that the appropriate authority may withdraw or amend the protocol, and
(b) that the protocol is to have effect only for a period of time specified in the protocol.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/3/section/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-and-medical-devices-act-2021/section-7
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