
1 
The day appointed for the coming into operation of the following provisions of the Medicines Act 1968, that is to say, sections 85(5), 86(3), 93 and 97, shall be 1st September 1972.
2 
This Order may be cited as the Medicines Act 1968 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1972.
Keith Joseph
Secretary of State for Social Services
3rd August 1972Peter Thomas
Secretary of State for Wales
7th August 1972Gordon Campbell
Secretary of State for Scotland
8th August 1972W.S.I. Whitelaw
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
7th August 1972In witness whereof the official seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 4th August 1972.
J.M.L. Prior
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
