PART 5Regulations under Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4

45Consultation

(1)

Before making regulations under a provision of Part 1, 2, 3 or 4, the relevant authority must carry out a public consultation.

(2)

In relation to proposed regulations under section 19(1), the Secretary of State must specifically consult—

(a)

the Welsh Ministers,

(b)

the Scottish Ministers, and

(c)

the Department of Health in Northern Ireland.

(3)

In relation to proposed regulations under section 2(1), 10(1) or 15(1), the consultation document must include a summary of the relevant authority’s assessment of the matters mentioned in section 2, 10 or 15 (as the case may be).

(4)

The duty to consult imposed by subsection (1) does not apply in relation to regulations that contain only provision made in reliance on—

(a)

section 7 (disapplication of provisions relating to human medicines where there is a risk of serious harm to health), or

(b)

section 18 (disapplication of provisions relating to medical devices where there is a risk of serious harm to health),

where the regulations contain a declaration that the person making them considers that they need to be made urgently to protect the public from an imminent risk of serious harm to health.

(5)

The duty to consult imposed by subsection (1) may be satisfied by consultation carried out before this Act was passed.

(6)

In this section, “the relevant authority” means—

(a)

in relation to regulations made under section 2(1) or 10(1), the appropriate authority within the meaning given by section 2(6) or 10(6) as the case may be, and

(b)

in relation to any other regulations, the Secretary of State.