The Human Medicines (Amendments Relating to Naloxone and Transfers of Functions) Regulations 2024

Draft Regulations laid before Parliament and the Northern Ireland Assembly under section 47(3) and (6)(c) of the Medicines and Medical Devices Act 2021, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament and the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Draft Statutory Instruments

2024 No. 000

Medicines

The Human Medicines (Amendments Relating to Naloxone and Transfers of Functions) Regulations 2024

Made

2024

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)

The Secretary of State in relation to England and Wales and Scotland, and the Department of Health in Northern Ireland and the Secretary of State acting jointly in relation to Northern Ireland, make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2(1), 3(1)(h) and (n) and (2)(a), (c), (d) and (e) and 43(2) of the Medicines and Medical Devices Act 2021(1).

The Secretary of State and the Department of Health in Northern Ireland have carried out a public consultation in accordance with section 45(1) of that Act.

In accordance with section 2(2) to (4) of that Act, the Secretary of State’s and the Department of Health in Northern Ireland’s overarching objective in making these Regulations is safeguarding public health, and the Secretary of State and the Department of Health in Northern Ireland have had regard to the matters specified in section 2(3) of that Act and consider that, where these Regulations may have an impact on the safety of human medicines, the benefits of making these Regulations outweigh the risks.

In accordance with section 47(3) and (6)(c) of that Act, a draft of these Regulations was laid before Parliament and the Northern Ireland Assembly and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament and the Northern Ireland Assembly.

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2021 c. 3. The powers in section 2(1) of the Medicines and Medical Devices Act 2021, and in the provisions that relate to it, are exercisable by the “appropriate authority”. See section 2(6) of that Act, which contains the definition of “appropriate authority” that is relevant to the powers being exercised.