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Medicines And Medical Devices Act 2021

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Section 48 sets out the requirement for the Secretary of State to publish a report on the operation of medicines and medical devices legislation after 5 years of the Bill passing, as set out in subsection (1) and (5).
Subsection (2) sets out what the report must cover.
Subsection (3) and (4) provides that the Secretary of State must acknowledge any report on medicines and medical devices legislation prepared by relevant parliamentary committees, and that this report must be laid before Parliament.
Subsection (5) provides definition for terms used in section 48.