{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pharmacy-order-2010-registration-transitional-provisions-order-of-council-2010/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2010/1619",
  "legislation_title": "The Pharmacy Order 2010 (Registration – Transitional Provisions) Order of Council 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pharmacy-order-2010-registration-transitional-provisions-order-of-council-2010",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Pharmacy Order 2010 (Registration – Transitional Provisions) Order of Council 2010 and comes into force on 27th September 2010.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the Act” means the Medicines Act 1968;\n“the Order” means the Pharmacy Order 2010;\n“application for renewal” means an application which falls within sub-paragraph (a) or (b) of article 2(2) of this Order;\n“appointed day” means the day appointed for the coming into force of article 19 of the Order;\n“made on line”, in relation to an application under this Order, means submitted to the Registrar in electronic format via the internet;\n“prescribed fee” means any fee prescribed in rules under article 36(1) of the Order; and\n“relevant date” means 31st December 2010.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1968 (c.67). Sections 74A to 74L were inserted into the Act by paragraph 1(8) of Schedule 4 to the Pharmacy Order 2010."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See article 1(5) of the Pharmacy Order 2010 which makes provision for the Privy Council by order to appoint a day for the coming into force of article 19 of that Order. Such provision is made in S.I.2010/1621 (C.85)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/1619/article/1",
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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."
}