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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-pharmacies-applications-for-registration-and-fees-amendment-regulations-1987/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/2099",
  "legislation_title": "The Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applications for Registration and Fees) Amendment Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-pharmacies-applications-for-registration-and-fees-amendment-regulations-1987",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MEDICINES\nMade 2nd December 1987\nLaid before Parliament 11th December 1987\nComing into force 1st January 1988\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 as the Health Ministers in exercise of powers conferred by sections 75(1), 76(1), (2) and (6), 129(2) and (5) and 132(1) of the Medicines Act 1968 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 pursuant to section 129(6) of that Act hereby make the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1968 c. 67; section 132(1) is cited for the definition of “prescribed”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The regulation-making powers in sections 75 and 76 of the Medicines Act 1968 are vested, by section 76(6), in “the Health Ministers”, who are defined by section 1(1)(a) as amended by article 2(2) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Transfer of Functions (Wales) Order 1969, as the Secretaries of State respectively concerned with health in England, in Wales and in Scotland and the Minister of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland; but the powers of the latter are now vested in the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland by 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)."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/2099/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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