1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Medicines (Advisory Bodies) Regulations 2005 and, subject to paragraph (2), shall come into force on 30th October 2005.
(2) Regulation 7 shall come into force on 31st May 2005 for the purposes of making regulations under paragraph 6 of Schedule 1A to the Act, as inserted by that regulation.
(3) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Medicines Act 1968(1); and
“the Marketing Authorisation Regulations” means the Medicines for Human Use (Marketing Authorisations Etc.) Regulations 1994(2).
S.I. 1994/3144; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2002/236 and S.I. 2004/3224.