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Medicines and Medical Devices Act 2021

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 59 Cited in Amendments 11 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation2021 c. 3
(1) The Secretary of State must appoint a Commissioner for Patient Safety (referred to in this Part as “the Commissioner”) to exercise the functions set out in this Part in relation to England.promote the safety of patients with regard to the use of medicines and medical devices, andpromote the importance of the views of patients and other members of the public in relation to the safety of medicines and medical devices.(3) The Commissioner is not to be regarded as the servant or agent of the Crown or as enjoying any status, immunity or privilege of the Crown.(4) Schedule 1 makes further provision about the Commissioner.(1) The appropriate authority may by regulations make provision specified in sections 3 to 7 amending or supplementing the law relating to human medicines.(2) In making regulations under subsection (1) , the appropriate authority's overarching objective must be safeguarding public health.the safety of human medicines;the availability of human medicines;carry out research relating to human medicines,conduct clinical trials, ormanufacture or supply human medicines.(4) Where regulations under subsection (1) may have an impact on the safety of human medicines, the appropriate authority may make the regulations only if the authority considers that the benefits of doing so outweigh the risks.so far as the regulations relate to England and Wales and Scotland, those parts of the United Kingdom, andso far as the regulations relate to Northern Ireland, that part of the United Kingdom.in

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