Introductory text

MEDICINES

Made 10th August 1987

Laid before Parliament 11th August 1987

Coming into force 1st September 1987

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, with the consent of the Treasury, in exercise of powers conferred by section 1(1)(a) of the Medicines Act 1971^f1 and now vested in them^f2 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 these Regulations pursuant to section 129(6) of the Medicines Act 1968^f3, hereby make the following Regulations:

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Footnotes

f1: 1971 c. 69. By virtue of section 1(3) the expression “the Ministers” has the same meaning as in section 1(1) of the Medicines Act 1968 (c. 67).
f2: In the case of the Secretaries of State concerned with health in England and in Wales by virtue of article 2(2) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Transfer of Functions (Wales) Order 1969 (S.I. 1969/388), in the case of the Secretary of State concerned with agriculture in Wales by virtue of article 2(3) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Transfer of Functions (Wales) (No. 1) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/272), and in the case of the Northern Ireland Departments by virtue of section 40 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), and section 1(3) of, and paragraph 2(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to, the Northern Ireland Act 1974 (c. 28).
f3: 1968 c. 67; section 129(6) has effect by virtue of the Medicines Act 1971, section 1(3)(b).