110 Enforcement in Northern Ireland. U.K.
(1)Subject to the provisions of subsection (4) of this section, it shall be the duty of the Minister of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland (in this section referred to as “the Minister”) to enforce in Northern Ireland, or to secure the enforcement in Northern Ireland of, the provisions of this Act and of any regulations and orders made under it.
(2)For the purpose of performing that duty in relation to the provisions specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (2) of section 108 of this Act in their application as mentioned in those paragraphs, and the provisions and regulations specified in paragraph (c) of that subsection, within the [F1district] of any [F1district council], the Minister may make arrangements or give directions whereby the [F1district council], to such extent as the arrangements or directions may provide, shall have power concurrently with the Minister, or shall be under a duty concurrently with him, to enforce the provisions specified in the said paragraphs (a) and (b) in their application as so mentioned and the provisions and regulations specified in the said paragraph (c).
(3)For the purpose of performing that duty in relation to the provisions of sections 53 and 54 of this Act and any regulations made under section 66 of this Act within the [F1district] of any [F1district council], the Minister may make arrangements or give directions whereby the [F1district council], to such extent as the arrangements or directions may provide, shall have power concurrently with the Minister, or shall be under a duty concurrently with him, to enforce those provisions and regulations.
(4)In relation to veterinary drugs and animal feeding stuffs in which medicinal products have been incorporated or in which any substance or article has been incorporated for a medicinal purpose, arrangements may be made between the Minister and the Minister of Agriculture for Northern Ireland, and by them varied or revoked, and fresh arrangements made by them, for the performance by the Minister of Agriculture for Northern Ireland of any function conferred or imposed by this section on the Minister; and where any such arrangements are for the time being in force this section shall have effect as if it conferred or imposed the function in question on the Minister of Agriculture for Northern Ireland.
(5)Subsections (9) and (10) of section 108 of this Act shall have effect in relation to Northern Ireland as if—
(a)in the said subsection (9) the reference to subsections (2) to (8) of that section were a reference to subsections (2) and (3) of this section; and
(b)in the said subsection (10) any reference to the appropriate Minister were a reference to the Minister within the meaning of this section, and for the words “the Pharmaceutical Society or any other body" there were substituted the words “any [F1district council]" and the reference to subsections (4) to (8) of that section were a reference to subsection (3) of this section.
(6), (7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2
[F3(8)In this section “district council” means a council established under the M1Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972.]
Textual Amendments
F1 Words substituted by S.R. &O. (N.I.) 1973 No. 211 , Sch.
F2 S. 110(6)(7) repealed by S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1973 No. 211 , Sch.
F3S. 110(8) substituted by S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1973 No. 211, Sch.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1 Pt. VIII (ss. 104–136) extended by S.I.s 1982/425, art. 3, 1984/187 art. 2; and extended with modifications by S.I. 1985/403 , art. 3(1)
C2 S. 110 modified (30.1.1992) by S.I. 1992/32 , reg. 12(1)(2)
S. 110 extended (with modifications) (14.2.1994) by S.I. 1994/105 , reg. 19 , Sch.4
S. 110 applied (1.1.1995) by S.I. 1994/3142 , reg. 18(2)
S. 110 applied (31.3.1997) by S.I. 1997/322 , reg. 34 , Sch.5
S. 110 extended (1.1.1995) by S.I.1994/ 3142, reg. 18(7)
S. 110 (except (4)) applied (with modifications) (1.1.1995) by S.I. 1994/3144 , reg.10
Ss. 108-110 applied (1.2.2000) by S.I. 2000/7 , reg. 5
C3 Ss. 108-114 applied (with modifications) (1.7.1992) by S.I. 1992/1520 , reg.12 .
C4 Ss. 108-115 modified (3.4.1992) by S.I. 1992/605 , regs. 2(3) , 3
Ss. 108-115 applied (3.10.1994) by S.I. 1994/2328 , reg. 11(c)
C5Ss. 107-116 applied (with modifications) (1.5.2004) by Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1031), regs. 1, 47, Schs. 9
C6 S. 110 applied in part (with modifications) (30.10.2005) by Medicines (Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products for Human Use) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2750) , regs. 1(a) , 11 , Schs. 4 (with Sch. 6 )
C7Ss. 107-116 amendment to earlier affecting provision SI 2004/1031 reg. 47 Sch. 9 (29.8.2006) by Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Amendment Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1928), regs. 1(1), 32
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