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(1) This order may be cited as the Medicines (Termination of Transitional Exemptions) (No. 2) Order 1974.
(2) In this order, unless the context otherwise requires, “the Act” means the Medicines Act 1968 and other expressions have the same meanings as in the Act.
(3) The rules for the construction of Acts of Parliament contained in the Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the purposes of the interpretation of this order as they apply for the purposes of the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
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Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 2(b) of the Medicines (Termination of Transitional Exemptions) (No. 1) Order 1972 (wholesale dealing in certain medicinal products), the 1st September 1974 shall be the day appointed for the purposes of subsections (2) to (5) of section 16 of the Act (transitional exemptions) as being the day upon which those subsections shall cease to have effect in relation to anything done on or after that day in so far as it relates to a substance that is a medicinal product by virtue only of the provisions of section 130(1)(b) of the Act (ingredients).
Barbara Castle
Secretary of State for Social Services
27th June 1974John Morris
Secretary of State for Wales
27th June 1974William Ross
Secretary of State for Scotland
1st July 1974In witness whereof the official seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 4th July 1974.
Frederick Peart
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Donaldson
Head of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland
5th July 1974Donaldson
Head of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland
5th July 1974