Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

This order may be cited as the Medicines (Exemption from Licences) (Emergency Importation) Order 1974 and shall come into operation on 7th March 1974.

In this order, unless the context otherwise requires, “the Act” means the means Medicines Act 1968 and other expressions have the same meanings as in the Act.

Except in so far as the context otherwise requires, any reference in this order to any enactment (including any enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland) or order shall be construed as a reference to that enactment or order as amended or extended by any other enactment, Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly or order.

The rules for the construction of Acts of Parliament contained in the Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the purposes of the interpretation of this order as they apply for the purposes of the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.