Transfer of Functions (Medicines and Poisons) Order 1999
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1999/3142 |
1999 No. 3142
MINISTERS OF THE CROWN
The Transfer of Functions (Medicines and Poisons) Order 1999
Made 24th November 1999
Laid before Parliament 6th December 1999
Coming into force 27th December 1999
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 24th day of November 1999
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in pursuance of section 1 of the Ministers of the Crown Act 19751, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Transfer of Functions (Medicines and Poisons) Order 1999.
(2) This Order shall come into force on 27th December 1999.
(3) In this Order–
“the transferor” means, in relation to anything transferred by this Order, the Minister from whom it is transferred;
“the transferee” means, in relation to anything transferred by this Order, the Minister to whom it is transferred,
and any reference to a function of a Minister shall, in the case of a function which is exercisable by him jointly with another person, be construed as a reference to his share in that function.
Transfer of functions
2.—(1) The functions of the Secretaries of State respectively concerned with health in Scotland and in Wales under the Medicines Act 19682and the Medicines Act 19713are hereby transferred to the Secretary of State concerned with health in England.
(2) The functions under the Medicines Act 1968 and the Medicines Act 1971–
(a)
(a) of the Secretary of State concerned with agriculture in Scotland, and
(b)
(b) of the Secretary of State or the Secretary of State for Wales which are exercisable by him by virtue of the Transfer of Functions (Wales) (No. 1) Order 19784,
are hereby transferred to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
(3) The functions of the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales under the Marketing Authorisations for Veterinary Medicinal Products Regulations 19945and the Registration of Homoeopathic Veterinary Medicinal Products Regulations 19976are hereby transferred to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
(4) The function of the Secretary of State for Scotland specified in paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Poisons Act 19727is hereby transferred to the Secretary of State for the Home Department.
Supplemental and consequential
3. All property, rights and liabilities to which the transferor is entitled or subject at the coming into force of this Order in connection with any function transferred by this Order are hereby transferred to the transferee.
4.—(1) Any reference in this Order to a function of a Minister under an enactment includes a reference to the functions of that Minister under any scheme, regulations, Order in Council, order or similar instrument having effect under or in relation to that enactment.
(2) This Order shall not affect the validity of anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to the transferor before the coming into force of this Order.
(3) Anything (including legal proceedings) which, at the coming into force of this Order, is in the process of being done by or in relationto the transferor may, so far as it relates to anything transferred by this Order, be continued by or in relation to the transferee.
(4) Anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to the transferor for the purposes of or in connection with anything transferred by this Order shall, if in force at the coming into...
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