Introductory text

MEDICINES

Made 17th March 1997

Laid before Parliament 17th March 1997

Coming into force 8th April 1997

The Secretaries of State concerned with health in England, in Wales and in Scotland respectively and the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, acting jointly, in exercise of powers conferred upon them by sections 62(1)(a) and 129(4) of the Medicines Act 1968^f1 or, as the case may be, those conferred by those provisions and now vested in them^f2, and 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 this Order, pursuant to section 129(6) of that Act, and after consulting and taking into account the advice of the Committee on Safety of Medicines pursuant to sections 62(3) and 129(7) of that Act, hereby make the following Order:

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Footnotes

f1: 1968 c. 67. The expressions “the appropriate Ministers”, used in section 62, and “the Health Ministers” are defined in section 1 of that Act as amended by S.I. 1969/388, Schedule 1.
f2: 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).