# The Medicines (Contact Lens Fluids and Other Substances) (Exemption from Licences) Order 1979, Introduction: Introductory text


MEDICINES
Made 3rd December 1979
Laid before Parliament 11th December 1979
Coming into Operation 1st January 1980
The Secretary of State concerned with health in England, the Secretaries of State respectively concerned with health and with agriculture in Wales and in Scotland, 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 powers conferred by sections 13(2), 15(1) and (2), 23(4), 35(8) and 129(4) 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:—

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1979/1585/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-contact-lens-fluids-and-other-substances-exemption-from-licences-order-1979/introduction
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