{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-intermediate-medicated-feeding-stuffs-order-1989/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-intermediate-medicated-feeding-stuffs-order-1989/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/2442",
  "legislation_title": "The Medicines (Intermediate Medicated Feeding Stuffs) Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-intermediate-medicated-feeding-stuffs-order-1989",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MEDICINES\nMade 20th December 1989\nComing into force 1st January 1990\nThe Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretaries of State respectively concerned with agriculture in Scotland and in Wales and the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland, acting jointly, in exercise of the power conferred by section 130(3A)(a) of the Medicines Act 1968and now vested in them, 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 the following Order in accordance with section 129(6) of that Act, hereby make the following Order, of which a draft has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1968 c. 67; “the Agriculture Ministers” referred to in section 130(3A) is defined in section 1 (see also the following footnote); section 130(3A) was inserted by the Animal Health and Welfare Act 1984 (c. 40), section 13(2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "In the case of the Secretary of State concerned with agriculture in Wales by virtue of S.I. 1978/272 and in the case of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland by virtue of the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36),section 40 and Schedule 5, and the Northern Ireland Act 1974 (c. 28), section 1(3) and Schedule 1, paragraph 2(1)(b)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/2442/introduction",
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  },
  "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."
}