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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-sale-or-supply-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-1980/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1980/1923",
  "legislation_title": "The Medicines (Sale or Supply) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-sale-or-supply-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-1980",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Enforcement of sections 53, 54 and 66",
  "text": "(1) The food and drugs authority for each area in England and in Wales in respect of which there is a food and drugs authority shall, in respect of their area, continue to have power and be under a duty concurrently with the appropriate Minister within the meaning of section 108(11) to enforce the provisions of sections 53 and 54 and regulations made under section 66 in the application of each of those provisions to premises which are neither registered pharmacies nor premises on which there are sold or supplied medicinal products specified in Articles 3 and 4 of the Veterinary Drugs Exemption Order.\n(2) In Scotland, a local authority as defined by section 26(4) of the Food and Drugs (Scotland) Act 1956 shall, in respect of their area, continue to have power and be under a duty concurrently with the Secretary of State to enforce the provisions of sections 53 and 54 and regulations made under section 66 in the application of each of those provisions to premises which are neither registered pharmacies nor premises on which there are sold or supplied medicinal products specified in Articles 3 and 4 of the Veterinary Drugs Exemption Order.\n(3) The Pharmaceutical Society shall continue to have power and be under a duty concurrently with the appropriate Minister within the meaning of section 108(11) in respect of England and Wales and with the Secretary of State in respect of Scotland to enforce in England, in Wales and in Scotland the provisions of sections 53 and 54 and regulations made under section 66 in the application of each of those provisions—\n(a) to premises which are registered pharmacies, and\n(b) to premises on which there are sold or supplied medicinal products specified in Articles 3 and 4 of the Veterinary Drugs Exemption Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1998/1045",
      "affecting_title": "The Medicines (Sale or Supply) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Amendment Regulations 1998"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1990/2487",
      "affecting_title": "The Food Safety Act 1990 (Consequential Modifications) (No 2) (Great Britain) Order 1990"
    },
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      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1990/2487",
      "affecting_title": "The Food Safety Act 1990 (Consequential Modifications) (No 2) (Great Britain) Order 1990"
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      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2010/231",
      "affecting_title": "The Pharmacy Order 2010"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/698",
      "affecting_title": "The Medicines (Sale or Supply) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Amendment Regulations 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/698",
      "affecting_title": "The Medicines (Sale or Supply) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Amendment Regulations 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "subst",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/698",
      "affecting_title": "The Medicines (Sale or Supply) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Amendment Regulations 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/2745",
      "affecting_title": "The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2005"
    },
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/2745",
      "affecting_title": "The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2005"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1980/1923/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T18:48:47.934428+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}