{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-exemption-from-licences-ingredients-order-1974/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-exemption-from-licences-ingredients-order-1974/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1974/1150",
  "legislation_title": "The Medicines (Exemption from Licences) (Ingredients) Order 1974",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-exemption-from-licences-ingredients-order-1974",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This order may be cited as the Medicines (Exemption from Licences) (Ingredients) Order 1974 and shall come into operation on 5th August 1974.\n(2) In this order, unless the context otherwise requires, “the Act” means the Medicines Act 1968 and other expressions have the same meanings as in the Act.\n(3) Except in so far as the context otherwise requires, any reference in this order to any enactment, shall be construed as a reference to that enactment, as amended, extended or re-enacted by any other enactment, regulation or order.\n(4) 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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1974/1150/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:29:58.006982+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}