1996 No. 2195
MEDICINES

The Medicines (Exemptions from Licences)(Revocation) Order 1996

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State concerned with health in England, the Secretaries of State respectively concerned with health and with agriculture in Scotland and in Wales, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, and the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 15(1) and (2) and 129(4) of the Medicines Act 19681 and now vested in them2 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after consulting such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by the following Order in accordance with section 129(6) of that Act, hereby make the following Order:

Title and commencement1.

This Order may be cited as the Medicines (Exemptions from Licences) (Revocation) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 13th September 1996.

Revocation of the Medicines (Exemptions from Licences and Animal Test Certificates) Order 1986 and the Medicines (Exemptions from Licences and Animal Test Certificates) (Amendment) Order 19912.

The Medicines (Exemptions from Licences and Animal Test Certificates) Order 19863 and the Medicines (Exemptions from Licences and Animal Test Certificates) (Amendment) Order 19914 are hereby revoked in so far as they are made under section 15(1) and (2) of the Medicines Act 1968.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Gerald Malone
Minister of State,

Department of Health

Lindsay
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Scottish Office

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales

Jonathan Evans
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Welsh Office

Tony Baldry
Minister of State,

Ministry of Agriculture,

Fisheries and Food

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland this 15th day of August 1996

F. A. Elliott
Permanent Secretary

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland this 20th day of August 1996

J. Murray
Permanent Secretary
(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, together with the Medicines (Exemptions from Animal Test Certificates) (Revocation) Order 1996, effect the revocation of the Medicines (Exemptions from Licences and Animal Test Certificates) Order 1986 and the Medicines (Exemptions from Licences and Animal Test Certificates) (Amendment) Order 1991.

A Compliance Cost Assessment has been prepared and a copy has been placed in the library of each House of Parliament and copies can be obtained from the Veterinary Medicines Directorate, Woodham Lane, Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 3NB.