SCHEDULE 8AMENDMENTS TO THE MEDICINES ACTS ETC.

PART 1Consequential amendments to the Medicines Acts 1968 and 1971

The Medicines Act 1968I169

In Schedule 4 (provisions relating to Northern Ireland)80—

a

omit paragraphs 2 to 5;

b

in paragraph 6—

i

for “The appropriate Northern Ireland Minister or Ministers” substitute “The appropriate Northern Ireland Minister”,

ii

for “appropriate Ministers” substitute “Ministers”,

iii

omit “, section 35”, and

iv

omit “or their”;

c

omit paragraph 7;

d

in paragraph 8—

i

omit “, or the Minister of Agriculture for Northern Ireland, or both those Ministers,”, and

ii

omit “, paragraph 5”;

e

in paragraph 9—

i

for ““the appropriate Northern Ireland Minister or Ministers”” substitute ““the appropriate Northern Ireland Minister””,

ii

in paragraph (a), omit the words from “for the purpose” to “of animals,”,

iii

omit paragraphs (b) and (c), and

iv

omit the words after paragraph (c); and

f

in paragraph 10—

i

omit “or to the Minister of Agriculture for Northern Ireland”,

ii

for “either or both of those Ministers” substitute “that Minister”,

iii

omit the words from “or, as the case may require” to the end.