The Medicines (Advisory Board on the Registration of Homoeopathic Products) Order 1994
Citation, commencement and interpretation1.
(1)
This Order may be cited as the Medicines (Advisory Board on the Registration of Homoeopathic Products) Order 1994 and shall come into force on 14th February 1994.
(2)
In this Order—
“the Act” means the Medicines Act 1968;
“homoeopathic medicinal product” means a medicinal product (which may contain a number of principles) prepared from products, substances or compositions called homoeopathic stocks in accordance with a homoeopathic manufacturing procedure described by the European Pharmacopoeia or, in the absence thereof, by any pharmacopoeia used officially in a member State.
Establishment of the Advisory Board on the Registration of Homoeopathic Products2.
There shall be established a committee, to be called the Advisory Board on the Registration of Homoeopathic Products, for the purpose of giving advice with respect to safety and quality of—
(a)
any homoeopathic medicinal product in respect of which a certificate of registration could be granted; and
(b)
and to which any relevant provision of the Act is applicable.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
In Witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 20th December 1993.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on 17th December 1993.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland on 20th December 1993.
This Order establishes the Advisory Board on the Registration of Homoeopathic Products for the purposes set out in Article 2.
Article 1 contains definitions of “homoeopathic medicinal product” and of “certificate of registration”.