Introductory text

Medicines

Made 24th July 2007

Laid before Parliament 26th July 2007

Coming into force 1st September 2007

The Secretary of State and the Minister for Health, Social Services and Public Safety, acting jointly, make the following Regulations in the exercise of powers conferred upon them by sections 61, 66(1) and 129(1) and (5) of the Medicines Act 1968^f1, or, in the case of the Minister, the powers conferred by those provisions and now vested in him^f2.

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.

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Footnotes

f1: 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.
f2: 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.).