Medicines (Products Other Than Veterinary Drugs) (Prescription Only) Amendment Order 1992
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1992/1534 |
| Year | 1992 |
1992No. 1534
MEDICINES
The Medicines (Products Other Than Veterinary Drugs)
(Prescription Only) Amendment Order 1992
29thJune1992
29thJune1992
20thJuly1992
The Secretary of State concerned with health in England, the Secretaries of State respectively concerned with health and with agriculture in Wales and in Scotland, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland and the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 1(2), 58(1), 129(4) and 132(1) of the Medicines Act 1968 ( a) or, as the case may be, those conferred by the said provisions and now vested in them ( b) , 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:-
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.-(1) This Order, which may be cited as the Medicines (Products Other Than Veterinary Drugs) (Prescription Only) Amendment Order 1992, shall come into force on 20th July 1992.
(2) In this Order "the principal Order " means the Medicines (Products Other Than Veterinary Drugs) (Prescription Only) Order 1983 ( c).
Amendment of article 3 of the principal Order
2. In article 3(1)(a) of the principal Order (medicinal products on prescription only), for the words "and (1D) " there are substituted the words ", (1D) and (1E), " .
Amendment of article 4 of the principal Order
3. In article 4 of the principal Order (medicinal products that are not prescription only), the following paragraph is inserted after paragraph (1D):- "
(a) 1968 c.67; see the meaning assigned to "the appropriate Ministers " by sections 1(2) and 132(1) and to "the Ministers " by section 1(1).
(b) 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 (S.I. 1969/388); in the case of the Secretary of State concerned with agriculture in Wales by virtue of article 2(3) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Transfer of Functions (Wales) (No. 1) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/272); in the case of the Northern Ireland Departments 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).
(c) S.I. 1983/1212, as amended by S.I. 1984/756, 1986/586, 1987/674 and 1250, 1988/2017, 1989/1852 and 1991/962.
(1E) Notwithstanding article 3(1)(a), a medicinal...
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