LegalizeThe Medicines Act 1968 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1973
Made: 29th August 1973
The Secretaries of State respectively concerned with health in England and Wales, the Secretary of State concerned with health and with agriculture in Scotland, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food acting jointly, in exercise of powers conferred by section 136(3) of the Medicines Act 1968 and now vested in them[^f00001] 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 the following order, hereby make the following order:—
1
The day appointed for the coming into operation of the provisions of section 90(2) of the Medicines Act 1968 shall be 1st January 1974.
2
This order may be cited as the Medicines Act 1968 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1973.
Signed
Keith Joseph — Secretary of State for Social Services — 9th August 1973
Peter Thomas — Secretary of State for Wales — 10th August 1973
Gordon Campbell — Secretary of State for Scotland — 29th August 1973
W.S.I. Whitelaw — Secretary of State for Northern Ireland — 24th August 1973
In witness whereof the official seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 17th August 1973.
Joseph Godber — Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Explanatory note
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Order brings into operation on 1st January 1974 section 90(2) of the Medicines Act 1968, which contains prohibitions relating to false or misleading descriptions on containers or packages of medicated animal feeding stuffs.
Footnotes
[^f00001]: In the case of the Secretary of State for Wales under the provisions of Article 2(2) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Transfer of Functions (Wales) Order 1969 S.I. 1969/388 (1969 I, p. 1070), and in the case of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland under the provisions of section 1(1)(a) of the Northern Ireland (Temporary Provisions) Act 1972 (1972 c. 22).
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