The Medicines for Human Use and Medical Devices (Fees and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1998

The Secretary of State concerned with health in England, the Secretaries of State concerned with health and agriculture in Wales and Scotland respectively, 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 and with the consent of the Treasury, in exercise of powers conferred upon them by section 1(1) and (2) of the Medicines Act 19711, or, as the case may be, powers conferred by those provisions and now vested in them2, the Secretary of State, being a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19723 in relation to medicinal products4, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the said section 2(2), and the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 56(1) and (2) of the Finance Act 19735, and in each case in exercise of all other powers respectively enabling them in that behalf, after consultation (in so far as is required by section 129(6) of the Medicines Act 19686, as extended by section 1(3)(b) of the Medicines Act 1971) with such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected, hereby make the following Regulations:—