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Amendment of the Poisons Act 1972E+W+S

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2.—(1) The Poisons Act 1972(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In section 9 (inspection and enforcement)—

(a)omit subsections (1) to (3);

(b)in subsection (4)—

(i)for “the Society under this section” substitute “the General Pharmaceutical Council under article 8(1) of the Pharmacy Order 2010”,

(ii)for paragraph (a) substitute—

(a)shall, for the purpose of securing compliance by pharmacists and persons carrying on a retail pharmacy business with the preceding provisions of this Act and with the Poisons Rules, have power at all reasonable times to enter any registered pharmacy, and,

(iii)in paragraph (b)—

(aa)for “other persons” substitute “persons other than pharmacists and persons carrying on a retail pharmacy business”, and

(bb)omit “in either case”;

(c)in subsection (5), omit from “; and an inspector” to the end of that subsection;

(d)after subsection (5) insert—

(5A) A local authority may, with the consent of the General Pharmaceutical Council, appoint an inspector appointed by the General Pharmaceutical Council under article 8(1) of the Pharmacy Order 2010 to be also an inspector for the purposes of subsection (5)..

(3) In section 11(2) (interpretation), for the definition of “pharmacist” substitute—

“pharmacist” means a person registered in Part 1 of the register maintained under article 19 of the Pharmacy Order 2010 (pharmacists other than visiting practitioners);.

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I1Sch. 4 para. 2 in force at 10.2.2010 for specified purposes, see art. 1(3)

I2Sch. 4 para. 2 in force at 27.9.2010 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2010/1621, art. 2(1), Sch.

(1)

1972 c.66. Section 9(1) to (4), and the definition of pharmacist in section 11(2), were amended by S.I.2007/289.

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