# The Medicines (Chloroform Prohibition) Amendment Order 1980, Introduction: Introductory text


MEDICINES
Made 29th February 1980
Laid before Parliament 7th March 1980
Coming into Operation 28th March 1980
The 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 sections 62 and 129(4) of the Medicines Act 1968 and now vested in them and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, it appearing to them to be necessary in the interests of safety to prohibit, subject to specific exceptions, the sale or supply of medicinal products which are for human use and which consist of or contain chloroform, after consulting such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by the Order, and after consulting and taking into account the advice of the Committee on Safety of Medicines, and after taking into account the report of the Medicines Commission made under section 62(5) of that Act, hereby make the following Order:—

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1980/263/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-chloroform-prohibition-amendment-order-1980/introduction
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