Introductory text
Medicines
Made 22nd April 2008
Laid before Parliament 29th April 2008
Coming into force 4th June 2008
The Secretary of State and the Minister for Health, Social Services and Public Safety, acting jointly, make the following Regulations in exercise of powers conferred upon them by sections 66(1), 87(1), 91(2) and 129 (1) and (5) of the Medicines Act 1968f1, or, in the case of the Minister, the powers conferred by those provisions and now vested in himf2.
In accordance with section 129(6) of that Act, they have consulted such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by these Regulations. In accordance with section 129(7) of that Act, they have consulted and taken into account the advice of the Commission on Human Medicines.
Annotations
Footnotes
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1968 c.67. The expression “the Ministers”, which is relevant to the powers being exercised in the making of these Regulations, is defined in section 1 of the Act as amended by article 2(2) of, and Schedule 1 to, S.I. 1969/388, paragraph 1(1) of the Schedule to S.I. 1999/3142 and paragraph 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 8 to S.I. 2006/2407.
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By virtue of section 95(5) of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 12 to, the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c.47); the Department for which the Minister is responsible was renamed by virtue of article 3(6) of S.I. 1999/283 (N.I.1.).