{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-products-other-than-veterinary-drugs-prescription-only-amendment-order-1988/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-products-other-than-veterinary-drugs-prescription-only-amendment-order-1988/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/2017",
  "legislation_title": "The Medicines (Products Other Than Veterinary Drugs) (Prescription Only) Amendment Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-products-other-than-veterinary-drugs-prescription-only-amendment-order-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MEDICINES\nMade 16th November 1988\nLaid before Parliament 25th November 1988\nComing into force 16th December 1988\nThe 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 by sections 58(1), (4) and (5) and 129(4) of the Medicines Act 1968, and now vested in them and of all other powers 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 consulting and taking into account the advice of the Medicines Commission pursuant to sections 58(6) and 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; by virtue of section 132(1) of that Act the expression “the appropriate Ministers” is to be construed in accordance with section 1(2) thereof."
    },
    {
      "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 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) of Schedule 1 to, the Northern Ireland Act 1974 (c. 28)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/2017/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."
}