Medicines Act 1968

2 Establishment of Medicines Commission. U.K.

(1) There shall be established a body to be called the Medicines Commission (in this Act referred to as “the Commission”) to perform the functions assigned to the Commission by or under this Act.

(2) The members of the Commission, of whom there shall be not less than eight, shall be appointed by the Ministers after consultation with such organisations as they consider appropriate, and, in relation to each of the activities specified in the next following subsection, shall include at least one person appearing to the Ministers to have wide and recent experience of, and to have shown capacity in, that activity.

(3) The activities referred to in subsection (2) of this section are—

(a) the practice of medicine (other than veterinary medicine);

(b) the practice of veterinary medicine;

(c) the practice of pharmacy;

(d) chemistry other than pharmaceutical chemistry;

(e) the pharmaceutical industry.

(4) The Ministers shall appoint one of the members of the Commission to be chairman of the Commission.

(5) The Medicines Commission shall by that name be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal.

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Textual Amendments

F1 S. 2(6) repealed by House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24), Sch. 3 and Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 25), Sch. 3 Pt. I

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. I (ss. 1–5) extended by S.I. 1984/187, art. 2

C2 S. 2: Certain functions made exercisable (S.) (30.6.1999) by virtue of S.I. 1999/1748, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 3

C3 S. 2(2)(4) amended (S.) (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1750, art. 4, Sch. 3 (with art. 7)