Introductory text

MEDICINES

Made 22nd December 1992

Laid before Parliament 23rd December 1992

Coming into force 1st January 1993

The Secretary of State concerned with health in England, the Secretaries of State respectively concerned with health and with agriculture in Wales and in Scotland, 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 powers conferred upon them by sections 86(1) and 91(3) of the Medicines Act 1968^f1 or, as the case may be, those conferred by the said provisions 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^f3, hereby make the following Regulations:

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1968 c. 67. The expression “the Ministers” is defined in section 1(1) of that Act as amended. That section of the Act applies to radiopharmaceutical-associated products by virtue of regulation 2(1) of, and the Schedule to, the Medicines Act 1968 (Application to Radiopharmaceutical-associated Products) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/605).
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); 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) ofSchedule 1 to, the Northern Ireland Act 1974 (c. 28).
f3: See section 129(6) of the Medicines Act 1968 (c. 67).