1.—(1) This order may be cited as the Medicines (Prohibition of Non-medicinal Antimicrobial Substances) Order 1977 and shall come into operation on 1st February 1978.
(2) In this order—
(a)the classes of substances listed in numbered paragraphs in column 1 of Part II of Schedule 1 to this order shall have the meanings given to them in the correspondingly numbered paragraphs in column 2 of the said Part II;
(b)unless the context otherwise requires, “the Act” means
and other expressions have the same meanings as in the Act.
(3) Except in so far as the context otherwise requires, any reference in this order to any enactment, order or regulations shall be construed as a reference to that enactment or order or to those regulations, as the case may be, as amended, extended or re-enacted by any other enactment, order or regulations.
(4) 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.