The Medicines (Aristolochia and Mu Tong etc.) (Prohibition) Order 2001

As respects England, Scotland and Wales, the Secretary of State concerned with health in England, and, as respects Northern Ireland, the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 62(1)(a) and (2) and 129(4) of the Medicines Act 19681 and now vested in them2 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, it appearing to them to be necessary in the interests of safety to make the following Order, after consulting such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by the Order pursuant to section 129(6) of that Act, after consulting and taking into account the advice of the Committee on Safety of Medicines pursuant to sections 62(3) and 129(7) of that Act3, and after taking into account the report of the Medicines Commission made under section 62(5) of that Act, hereby make the following Order:—