The Medicines for Human Use (Administration and Sale or Supply) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2007

Statutory Instruments

2007 No. 2178

medicines

The Medicines for Human Use (Administration and Sale or Supply) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2007

Made

24th July 2007

Laid before Parliament

26th July 2007

Coming into force

1st September 2007

The Secretary of State and the Minister for Health, Social Services and Public Safety, acting jointly, make the following Order in the exercise of powers conferred upon them by sections 57(1) and (2), 58(4) and (5) and 129(4) of the Medicines Act 1968(1), or, in the case of the Minister, the powers conferred by those provisions and now vested in him(2).

In accordance with section 129(6) of that Act, they have consulted such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by this Order. In accordance with sections 58(6) and 129(7) of that Act, they have consulted and taken into account the advice of the Commission on Human Medicines(3).

(1)

1968 c.67. The expression “the Ministers”, which is relevant to the powers being exercised in the making of this Order, is defined in section 1 of the Act as amended by article 2(2) of, and Schedule 1 to, S.I. 1969/388, paragraph 1(1) of the Schedule to S.I. 1999/3142 and paragraph 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 8 to S.I. 2006/2407; section 57(1) of that Act was amended by paragraph 28(a) of Part 1 of Schedule 8 to S.I. 2006/2407; section 58 of that Act was amended by section 1 of the Prescription by Nurses etc. Act 1992 (c.28), by section 63 of the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (c.15), by paragraph 2 of Schedule 5 to S.I. 2002/253, by paragraph 6 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to S.I. 20003/1590, by paragraph 10 of Schedule 1 to S.I. 2005/1094 and by paragraph 29 of Part 1 of Schedule 8 to S.I. 2006/2407.

(2)

By virtue of section 95(5) of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 12 to, the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c.47); the Department for which the Minister is responsible was renamed by virtue of Article 3(6) of S.I. 1999/283 (N.I.1.).

(3)

The expression “the appropriate committee”, referred to in section 58(6) of the Act, is defined in section 4(6) of the Act, as amended by S.I. 2005/1094.