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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-products-other-than-veterinary-drugs-general-sale-list-amendment-order-2000/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/1092",
  "legislation_title": "The Medicines (Products Other Than Veterinary Drugs) (General Sale List) Amendment Order 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-products-other-than-veterinary-drugs-general-sale-list-amendment-order-2000",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MEDICINES\nMade 14th April 2000\nComing into force 10th May 2000\nAs respects England, Scotland and Wales, the Secretary of State concerned with health in England, and, as respects Northern Ireland, the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 51 and 129(4) of the Medicines Act 1968 or, as the case may be, the powers conferred by those 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 this Order pursuant to section 129(6) of that Act and after taking into account the advice of the Committee on Safety of Medicines and the Medicines Commission pursuant to section 129(7) of that Act, hereby make the following Order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1968 c. 67; the expressions “the appropriate Ministers” and “the Health Ministers” are defined in section 1 of that Act as amended by article 2(2) of, and Schedule 1 to, S.I. 1969/388, and by articles 2(1) and 5 of, and the Schedule to, S.I. 1999/3142."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "In the case of the Secretary of State concerned with health in England, by virtue of article 2(2) of, and Schedule 1 to, S.I. 1969/388, and articles 2(1) and 5 of, and the Schedule to, S.I. 1999/3142; in the case of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, the powers vested in the Minister in charge of that Department by virtue of section 95(5) of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 12 to, the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47) may now be exercised by the Department by virtue of section 1(8) of, and paragraph 4(1)(b) of the Schedule to, the Northern Ireland Act 2000 (c. 1)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1092/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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