The Medicines (Data Sheet and Labelling) Amendment Regulations 1989

Statutory Instruments

1989 No. 1183

MEDICINES

The Medicines (Data Sheet and Labelling) Amendment Regulations 1989

Made

7th July 1989

Laid before Parliament

11th July 1989

Coming into force

for all purposes except regulation 4

1st August 1989

for the purposes of regulation 4

1st February 1990

The Secretary of State concerned with health in England, the Secretaries of State respectively concerned with health and with agriculture in Scotland and in Wales, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland and the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 85(1), 91(3), 96(6), 129(1) and (5) and 132(1)(1) of the Medicines Act 1968,(2) and now vested in them(3), and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf and after consulting such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by the following Regulations pursuant to section 129(6) of that Act, and after consulting and taking into account the advice of the Medicines Commission pursuant to section 129(7) of that Act, hereby make the following Regulations:

(1)

See section 132(1) for the definition of “prescribed”; by virtue of that section of the Act the expression “the appropriate Ministers” is to be construed in accordance with section 1(2) of that Act.

(2)

1968 c. 67.

(3)

In the case of the Secretaries of State concerned with health in England and in Wales by virtue of article 2(2) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Transfer of Functions (Wales) Order 1969 (S.I. 1969/388); in the case of the Secretary of State concerned with agriculture in Wales by virtue of article 2(3) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Transfer of Functions (Wales) (No.1) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/272); in the case of the Northern Ireland Departments by virtue of section 40 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), and section 1(3) of, and paragraph 2(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to, the Northern Ireland Act 1974 (c. 28).