Medicines and Medical Devices Act 2021

PART 7 Extent, commencement and short title

49 Extent

This Act extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

50 Commencement

(1) The following come into force on the day on which this Act is passed—

(a) this Part,

(b) section 2,

(c) section 6(4),

(d) section 7,

(e) section 9,

(f) section 15,

(g) section 17(2),

(h) section 18,

(i) section 42,

(j) Part 5, and

(k) Part 6.

(2) The following come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed—

(a) Part 1,

(b) the remaining provisions of Part 2,

(c) Part 3,

(d) the remaining provisions of Chapter 1 of Part 4, and

(e) Chapter 2 of Part 4.

(3) Chapters 3 and 4 of Part 4 (medical devices: enforcement and disclosure of information) come into force on such day or days as the Secretary of State may by regulations made by statutory instrument appoint.

(4) Regulations may not be made in reliance on section 7 or 18 that come into force before the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed unless they contain a declaration that the person making them considers that they need to be made urgently to protect the public from an imminent risk of serious harm to health.

51 Transitional etc provision in connection with commencement

(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations made by statutory instrument make transitional, transitory or saving provision in connection with the coming into force of any provision of this Act (subject to subsection (4)).

(2) The relevant Northern Ireland department may by regulations make transitional, transitory or saving provision in connection with the coming into force of Part 2 or, as the case may be, Part 3 so far as relating to Northern Ireland.

(3) No provision may be made by the relevant Northern Ireland department in regulations under subsection (2) unless the provision, if it were contained in an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly—

(a) would be within the legislative competence of the Assembly, and

(b) would not require the consent of the Secretary of State.

(4) Regulations of the Secretary of State under this section may not contain provision that could be made by regulations of the relevant Northern Ireland department under this section.

(5) The power to make regulations under subsection (2) is exercisable by statutory rule for the purposes of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/1573 (N.I. 12)).

(6) In this section, the “relevant Northern Ireland department” means—

(a) in relation to Part 2, the Department of Health in Northern Ireland, and

(b) in relation to Part 3, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland.

52 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Medicines and Medical Devices Act 2021.