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Statutory Instruments
Medicines
Made
21st July 2010
Laid before Parliament
26th July 2010
Coming into force
19th August 2010
The Secretary of State and the Minister for Health, Social Services and Public Safety make the following Regulations acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 8(2D)(1), 8(3E)(2),18(1), 47(1) and 129(1) and (5) of the Medicines Act 1968(3), or, in the case of the Minister, the powers conferred by those provisions and now vested in him(4).
The Secretary of State is a Minister designated(5) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(6) in relation to medicinal products, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by that section.
In accordance with section 129(6) of the Medicines Act 1968, they have consulted such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by these Regulations.
Section 8(2D) was inserted by S.I. 2005/2789. See section 132(1) for the definition of “prescribed”.
Section 8(3E) was inserted by S.I. 2005/2789.
1968 c.67. The expression “the Ministers”, which is relevant to the powers being exercised in the making of these Regulations, is defined in section 1 of the Medicines Act 1968 as amended by paragraph 1(1) of the Schedule to S.I. 1999/3142 and paragraph 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 8 to S.I. 2006/2407.
By virtue of section 95(5) of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 12 to, the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c.47); the Department for which the Minister is responsible was renamed by virtue of Article 3(6) of S.I. 1999/283 (N.I.1.).
1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006, section 27(1)(a).
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