# The Medicines (Exemption from Licences) (Special and Transitional Cases) Amendment Order 1989, Introduction: Introductory text


MEDICINES
Made 7th July 1989
Laid before Parliament 11th July 1989
Coming into force
for all purposes except article 4 1st August 1989
for the purposes of article 4 1st February 1990
The Secretary of State concerned with health in England, the Secretaries of State respectively concerned with health and with agriculture in Scotland and in Wales, 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 on them by sections 15(1) and (2) and 129(4) of the Medicines Act 1968, and the Secretaries of State concerned with health in England, Scotland and Wales and the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 62 and 129(4) of that Act, and now vested in them and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf and after consulting such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by the following Order pursuant to section 129(6) of that Act and after consulting and taking into account the advice of the Medicines Commission pursuant to sections 62(3) and 129(7) of that Act, hereby make the following Order:

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1184/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-exemption-from-licences-special-and-transitional-cases-amendment-order-1989-uksi-1989-1184/introduction
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