The Health and Medicines (Northern Ireland) Order 1988
Northern Ireland Order in Council 1988 No. 2249 — creates 1 criminal offence.
- Made
- 21 December 1988
- In force from
- Not determined
- Extent
- Not stated
- Subject
- Drugs and medicines
- Made under
- Health and Medicines Act 1988, Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1974
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
This Order is made only for purposes corresponding to those of provisions of the Health and Medicines Act 1988 mentioned in section 27(2) of that Act. The Order amends or supplements existing provision in the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 with respect to health services. The Order enables the Department to generate income by making commercial use of available resources, and makes provision in relation to the retirement of practitioners, dental services for school children and charges for dental and ophthalmic services. The Order also prohibits the sale, supply, provision and advertising of HIV testing kits and services.
Offences created by this instrument
- HIV testing kits and services article 12(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
How Parliament handled it
Parliament's Statutory Instruments service records procedure from May 2017 onwards, and this instrument predates it. That is a limit of the source, not a statement that nothing happened.
Check the source
- This instrument on legislation.gov.uk The authoritative text, including amendments made since
- Other instruments from 1988