Introductory text

MEDICINES

Made 7th December 1994

Coming into force 1st January 1995

The Secretary of State concerned with health in England, the Secretaries of State concerned with health and with agriculture in Wales and in Scotland respectively, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland and the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 4 and 129(4) of the Medicines Act 1968^f1 or, as the case may be, those conferred by the said provisions and now vested in them^f2 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, having regard pursuant to section 4(1) of that Act to the recommendations made by the Medicines Commission under section 3(2) of that Act and after consulting such organisations as they consider appropriate pursuant to section 4(1) of that Act and such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by this Order^f3, hereby make the following Order—

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Footnotes

f1: 1968 c. 67. The expression “the Ministers”, used in section 4(1), is defined in section 1(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); in the case of the Secretary of State concerned with agriculture in Wales by virtue of article 2(3) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Transfer of Functions (Wales) (No. 1) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/272); and in the case of the Northern Ireland Departments 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).
f3: See section 129(6) of the Medicines Act 1968.