The Medicines (British Pharmacopoeia Commission) Order 1970

• Citation: S.I. 1970/1256
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This order may be cited as the Medicines (British Pharmacopœia Commission) Order 1970 and shall come into operation on 7th September 1970.

Section 2 Interpretation

(1) In this order “ the Act ” means the Medicines Act 1968.

(2) The Interpretation Act 1889 applies to the interpretation of this order as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

Section 3 Establishment of British Pharmacopœia Commission

There shall be established a committee to be called the British Pharmacopœia Commission for the following purposes:—

(a) the preparation under section 99(1) of the Act of any new edition of the British Pharmacopœia;

(b) the preparation under section 99(1) of the Act, as given effect by section 102(1) thereof, of any amendments of the edition of the British Pharmacopœia published in 1968 or any new edition of it; and

(c) the preparation under section 100 of the Act (which provides for the preparation and publication of lists of names to be used as headings to monographs in the British Pharmacopœia) of any list of names and the preparation under that section as given effect by section 102(2) of the Act of any amendments of any published list.