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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prescription-only-medicines-human-use-amendment-no-3-order-1998/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/2081",
  "legislation_title": "The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 3) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prescription-only-medicines-human-use-amendment-no-3-order-1998",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MEDICINES\nMade 27th August 1998\nLaid before Parliament 27th August 1998\nComing into force 16th September 1998\nThe Secretaries of State concerned with health in England, in Wales and in Scotland respectively and the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, acting jointly, in exercise of powers conferred on them by sections 58(1), (4) and (5) and 129(4) of the Medicines Act 1968 or, as the case may be, those conferred by the said 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 this Order pursuant to section 129(6) of that Act, and after consulting and taking into account the advice of the Medicines Commission pursuant to sections 58(6) and 129(7) of that Act, hereby make the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1968 c. 67; section 58(1), (4) and (5) of the 1968 Act has been amended by section 1 of the Medicinal Products: Prescription by Nurses etc. Act 1992 (c. 28). Section 1(1)(a) of the 1968 Act, as amended by the Transfer of Functions (Wales) Order 1969 (S.I. 1969/388), contains a definition of “the Health Ministers” and section 1(2) of the 1968 Act contains a definition of “the appropriate Ministers”, both of which are relevant to the powers being exercised in the making of this Order."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "In the case of the Secretaries of State concerned with health in England and in Wales, by virtue of article 2(2) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Transfer of Functions (Wales) Order 1969; in the case of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, by virtue of section 40 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36) and section 1(3) of, and paragraph 2(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to, the Northern Ireland Act 1974 (c. 28)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2081/introduction",
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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."
}