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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-british-pharmacopoeia-commission-order-1970/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1970/1256",
  "legislation_title": "The Medicines (British Pharmacopoeia Commission) Order 1970",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-british-pharmacopoeia-commission-order-1970",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MEDICINES\nMade 19th August 1970\nComing into Operation 7th September 1970\nThe Secretaries of State respectively concerned with health in England, in Wales and in Scotland and the Minister of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, acting jointly, in exercise of their powers under section 4 of the Medicines Act 1968, as having effect subject to the provisions of article 2(2) of and Schedule 1 to the Transfer of Functions (Wales) Order 1969, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, having regard to the recommendations made by the Medicines Commission and after consulting such organisations as they consider appropriate including those which appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by the following order, hereby order as follows:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "(1969 I, p. 1070)."
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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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