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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-labelling-and-leaflets-amendment-regulations-1994/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-labelling-and-leaflets-amendment-regulations-1994/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/104",
  "legislation_title": "The Medicines (Labelling and Leaflets) Amendment Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-labelling-and-leaflets-amendment-regulations-1994",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MEDICINES\nMade 19th January 1994\nLaid before Parliament 24th January 1994\nComing into force 14th February 1994\nThe Secretaries of State respectively concerned with health in England, in Wales and in Scotland and the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, acting jointly, in exercise of powers conferred upon them by sections 85(1), 86(1) and 91(3) of the Medicines Act 1968 or, as the case may be, those conferred by the said provisions and 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 these Regulations, hereby make the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1968 c. 67.The expression “the appropriate Ministers” is defined in section 1(1)(a) and (2) of that Act as amended by S.I.1969/388, Schedule 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "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 Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland 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)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See section 129(6) of the Medicines Act 1968."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/104/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."
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