The Medicines (Aristolochia) (Emergency Prohibition) Order 1999

Statutory Instruments

1999 No. 2109

MEDICINES

The Medicines (Aristolochia) (Emergency Prohibition) Order 1999

Made

23rd July 1999

Laid before Parliament

27th July 1999

Coming into force

28th July 1999

The Secretaries of State concerned with health in England, in Wales and in Scotland respectively and the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 62(1)(a), (2) and (3) and 129(6) of the Medicines Act 1968(1) and now vested in them(2) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, it appearing to them to be necessary in the interests of safety to make the following Order, and their being of the opinion that it is essential to make the Order with immediate effect to avoid serious danger to the health of human beings, and after taking into account the advice of the Committee on Safety of Medicines and the Medicines Commission pursuant to section 129(7) of that Act(3), hereby make the following Order:—

(1)

1968 c. 67. The expressions “the appropriate Ministers” and “the Health Ministers” are defined in section 1 of that Act as amended by S.I. 1969/388, Schedule 1.

(2)

In the case of the Secretaries of State concerned with health in England and Wales, by virtue of article 2(2) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Transfer of Functions (Wales) Order 1969 (S.I. 1969/388); and in the case of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, by virtue of section 40 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36) and section 1(3) of, and paragraph 2(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to, the Northern Ireland Act 1974 (c. 28).

(3)

The Committee on Safety of Medicines was established under section 4 of the Act, by S.I. 1970/1257, for the purposes set out in that instrument.