The Medicines (Administration of Radioactive Substances) Regulations 1978

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These regulations may be cited as the Medicines (Administration of Radioactive Substances) Regulations 1978 and shall come into operation as respects regulations 1 and 3 on 1st January 1979 and as respects all other regulations on 1st July 1980.

(2) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

“the Act” means the Medicines Act 1968;

“medicinal product” includes any substance or article specified in the Medicines (Dental Filling Substances) Order 1975 or in the Medicines (Radioactive Substances) Order 1978;

“purpose” in relation to the administration of a radioactive medicinal product means the purpose of diagnosis, treatment or research;

“radioactive substance” means any substance that contains one or more radionuclides of which the activity or the concentration cannot be disregarded as far as radiation protection is concerned;

“radioactive medicinal product” means a medicinal product which is, which contains or which generates a radioactive substance and which is, contains or generates that substance in order, when administered, to utilize the radiation emitted therefrom;

and other expressions have the same meanings as in the Act.

(3) Except in so far as the context otherwise requires, any reference in these regulations to any enactment, order or regulations shall be construed as a reference to that enactment or order or to those regulations, as the case may be, as amended, extended or re-enacted by any other enactment, order or regulations.

(4) The rules for the construction of Acts of Parliament contained in the Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the purposes of the interpretation of these regulations as they apply for the purposes of the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.