Statutory Instruments
Medicines
Made
9th February 2018
Laid before Parliament
22nd February 2018
Coming into force
1st April 2018
The Secretary of State and the Department of Health in Northern Ireland make the following Regulations. They do so in the exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) and (5) of the European Communities Act 1972(1), having been designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of that Act in relation to medicinal products(2).
1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and section 3(3) of and Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7). Section 2(5) was amended by section 41(1) of and Part 1 of Schedule 6 to the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c.36).
See S.I. 1972/1811 which designates the Secretary of State and any department of the Government of Northern Ireland for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to medicinal products.