SCHEDULE 1Consequential Amendments

Medicines Act 1968 (c. 67)

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1

Section 1(1) of the Medicines Act 1968 shall be amended as follows.

2

In the definition of “the Agriculture Ministers”, for the words “Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food” there shall be substituted “Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs”.

3

In the definition of “the Ministers”—

a

after the words “all the Ministers” there shall be inserted “for Northern Ireland”; and

b

after the word “subsection” there shall be inserted “and the Secretary of State”.

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Section 5 of that Act shall be amended as follows.

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In subsection (2) after the word “Ministers”, where it appears for the second time, there shall be inserted “specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 1(1) of this Act”.

3

In subsection (3) after the word “Ministers” there shall be inserted “specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 1(1) of this Act”.