{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-extension-to-antimicrobial-substances-order-1973/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1973/367",
  "legislation_title": "The Medicines (Extension to Antimicrobial Substances) Order 1973",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-extension-to-antimicrobial-substances-order-1973",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This order may be cited as the Medicines (Extension to Antimicrobial Substances) Order 1973 and shall come into operation on 2nd April 1973.\n(2) In this order, unless the context otherwise requires—\n“the Act” means the Medicines Act 1968;\n“antimicrobial properties” means the capacity to inhibit the growth of, or to destroy bacteria and other micro organisms whether in vitro or in vivo;\nand other expressions have the same meaning 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, amended or extended by any other enactment.\n(4) The Interpretation Act 1889 applies for the purposes of the interpretation of this order as it applies for 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/1973/367/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T22:14:00.252132+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."
}