{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prescription-only-medicines-human-use-amendment-order-2001/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prescription-only-medicines-human-use-amendment-order-2001/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/2777",
  "legislation_title": "The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prescription-only-medicines-human-use-amendment-order-2001",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MEDICINES\nMade 31st July 2001\nLaid before Parliament 1st August 2001\nComing into force 24th August 2001\nAs regards England, Scotland and Wales, the Secretary of State concerned with health in England, and, as regards Northern Ireland, the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred upon 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 Committee on Safety of Medicines pursuant to sections 58(6) and 129(7) of that Act, and after taking into account the advice of the Medicines Commission pursuant to section 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. The expression “the appropriate Ministers”, and the expression “the Health Ministers” which is relevant to the powers being exercised in the making of this Order, are defined in section 1 of that Act as amended by article 2(2) of, and Schedule 1 to, S.I. 1969/388, and by article 5 of, and paragraph 1(1) of the Schedule to, S.I. 1999/3142; section 58 was amended by section 1 of the Prescription by Nurses etc. Act 1992 (c. 28) and by section 63 of the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (c. 15)."
    },
    {
      "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 paragraph 1(1) of the Schedule 1 to, S.I. 1999/3142; and in the case of the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, 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",
  "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."
}