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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-sale-or-supply-miscellaneous-provisions-amendment-regulations-2001/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/3849",
  "legislation_title": "The Medicines (Sale or Supply) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Amendment Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-sale-or-supply-miscellaneous-provisions-amendment-regulations-2001",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MEDICINES\nMade 29th November 2001\nLaid before Parliament 3rd December 2001\nComing into force 24th December 2001\nAs respects England, Scotland and Wales, the Secretary of State concerned with health in England and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and, as respects Northern Ireland, the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety and the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 53(4) and 129(1) and (5) of the Medicines Act 1968or, 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 these Regulations 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 Regulations:—",
  "extent": "E+W+S+NI",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1968 c. 67; the expression “the Ministers” is defined in section 1(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. The word “prescribed” in section 53(4) of that Act is defined in section 132(1) of that Act."
    },
    {
      "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 Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, by virtue of articles 2(1) and 5 of, and the Schedule to, S.I. 1999/3142; in the case of the Northern Ireland Ministers by virtue of section 95(5) of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 12 to, the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47)."
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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