Article 1 Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) (Electronic Communications) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 11th September 2001.

(2)

This Order extends to Great Britain only^f1.

(3)

In this Order, “the principal Order” means the Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Order 1997^f2.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: By virtue of section 4 of, and Schedules 2 and 3 to, the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47), the subject matter of the principal Order is a transferred matter in relation to Northern Ireland.
f2: S.I. 1997/1830, amended by S.I. 1997/2044, 1998/108, 1178 and 2081, 1999/3463, 2000/1917, 2899 and 3231.