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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-products-other-than-veterinary-drugs-prescription-only-amendment-order-1994/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1994/558",
  "legislation_title": "The Medicines (Products Other Than Veterinary Drugs) (Prescription Only) Amendment Order 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-products-other-than-veterinary-drugs-prescription-only-amendment-order-1994",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MEDICINES\nMade 7th March 1994\nLaid before Parliament 8th March 1994\nComing into force 29th March 1994\nThe Secretaries of State concerned with health in England, in Wales and in Scotland respectively and the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, acting jointly in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 58(1), (4) and (5) and 129(4) of the Medicines Act 1968 or, as the case may be, those 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 consulting and taking into account the advice of the Medicines Commission pursuant to section 58(6) and 129(7) of that Act, hereby make the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1968 c. 67; see the meaning assigned to “the appropriate Ministers” by sections 1 and 132(1) of that Act; section 1(1) was 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)."
    }
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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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