The General Pharmaceutical Council (Amendment of Miscellaneous Provisions) Rules Order of Council 2012

PART 4 Amendment of the General Pharmaceutical Council (Registration) Rules 2010

Entry in the register

25.—(1) Rule 10 of the General Pharmaceutical Council (Registration) Rules 2010(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In the provisions listed in sub-paragraph (3), for “(or a true copy of it certified by a notary or solicitor)” substitute “(or a copy of the passport which meets the conditions set out in paragraph (3A))”.

(3) The provisions of rule 10 that are referred to in paragraph (2) are—

(a) paragraph (3)(a)(i);

(b) paragraph (3)(c)(i);

(c) paragraph (3)(d)(i); and

(d) paragraph (3)(f)(ii).

(4) For paragraph (3)(b) substitute—

“(b) where the applicant wishes to use a registered name which is different from the name given on the applicant’s evidence of identity—

(i) a certificate demonstrating the change of name (or a copy of the certificate which meets whichever of the conditions set out in paragraph (3B)(a) or (b) is applicable), or

(ii) evidence of the change of name in the form of a statutory declaration;”.

(5) In paragraph (3)(c), in paragraph (ii), for sub-paragraph (aa) substitute—

“(aa) the applicant’s birth certificate (or a copy of the certificate which meets whichever of the conditions set out in paragraph (3B)(a) or (b) is applicable), or”.

(6) After paragraph (3) of the Registration Rules insert—

“(3A) The conditions referred to in paragraph (3)(a)(i), (c)(i), (d)(i) and (f)(ii) are that the copy of the passport—

(a) if it is a copy of a United Kingdom passport (within the meaning of the Immigration Act 1971(2)), does not include the front cover; and

(b) whether or not it is a copy of a United Kingdom passport, is certified as being a true copy by a notary, solicitor or Commissioner for Oaths.

(3B) The conditions referred to in paragraph (3)(b)(i) and (c)(ii)(aa) are—

(a) if the certificate was issued by the General Register Office for England and Wales or the General Register Office for Scotland, that the copy of it has been obtained from that Office; or

(b) if the certificate was not issued by either of those Offices, that the copy of it is certified as a true copy by a notary, solicitor or Commissioner for Oaths.”.

(7) In paragraph (5), for “(or a true copy of it certified by a notary or solicitor)” substitute “(or a true copy of it certified by a notary, solicitor or Commissioner for Oaths)”.

(1)

Scheduled to S.I. 2010/1617.

(2)

1971 c.77. The definition of “United Kingdom Passport” in section 33 of that Act was inserted by section 52(7) of, and paragraph 7(a)(ii) of Schedule 4 to, the British Nationality Act 1981 (c.61).