Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 2197

The Medicines (Exemptions from Animal Test Certificates) (Revocation) Order 1996

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1996 No. 2197

MEDICINES

The Medicines (Exemptions from Animal Test Certificates) (Revocation) Order 1996

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 35(8)(b) and (9) and 129(4) of the Medicines Act 1968^[1] and now vested in them^[2] 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 commencement
    1.    This Order may be cited as the Medicines (Exemptions from Animal Test Certificates) (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 1991
    2.    The Medicines (Exemptions from Licences and Animal Test Certificates) Order 1986^[3] and the Medicines (Exemptions from Licences and Animal Test Certificates) (Amendment) Order 1991^[4] are hereby revoked in so far as they are made under section 35(8)(b) and (9) of the Medicines Act 1968.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Gerald Malone

Minister of State,
Department of Health

16th August 1996

Lindsay

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Scottish Office

12th August 1996
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales

Jonathan Evans

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Welsh Office

21st August 1996

Tony Baldry

Minister of State,
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

7th August 1996
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 Order, together with the Medicines (Exemptions from Licences) (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.

[1] 1968 c. 67; "the appropriate Ministers" referred to in section 35(8) is defined in section 1 (see also the following footnote). back

[2] In the case of the Secretaries of State concerned with health in England and in Wales by virtue of S.I. 1969/388, in the case of the Secretary of State concerned with agriculture in Wales by virtue of S.I. 1978/272 and in the case of the Northern Ireland Departments by virtue of the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), section 40 and Schedule 5, and the Northern Ireland Act 1974 (c. 28), section 1(3) and Schedule 1, paragraph 2(1)(b). back

[3] S.I. 1986/1180, amended by S.I. 1991/633. back

[4] S.I. 1991/633. back