{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-breathing-gases-order-1977/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-breathing-gases-order-1977/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1977/1488",
  "legislation_title": "The Medicines (Breathing Gases) Order 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-breathing-gases-order-1977",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MEDICINES\nMade 2nd September 1977\nLaid before Parliament 13th September 1977\nComing into Operation 4th October 1977\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 their powers under section 130(5)(c) of the Medicines Act 1968 and now vested in them 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 the following order, hereby make the following order:—",
  "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 (1969 I, p. 1070)), 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)."
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  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1977/1488/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T19:49:41.319055+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}