The General Pharmaceutical Council (Registration Rules) Order of Council 2010

Restoration of annotations made to an entry of premises in the RegisterE+W+S

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

30.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies—

(a)where an entry of premises entered in Part 3 of the Register has been removed from that part of the Register under —

(i)article 14(4)(a) of the Order,

(ii)under section 74A(7) of the Act (registration of premises: Great Britain),

(iii)by virtue of an application under section 74G of the Act (voluntary removal from the register: Great Britain), or

(iv)under section 74H(5) of the Act (change of ownership of retail pharmacy business: Great Britain),

and an application has been made to the Registrar under rule 28 or rule 29 for the restoration of that entry to Part 3 of the Register; or

(b)where an annotation in respect of a specialisation made to an entry of premises entered in Part 3 of the Register has been removed from that part of the Register by virtue of an application under rule 27 of these Rules.

(2) Where paragraph (1) applies, applicants may apply to the Registrar to have an annotation in respect of a specialisation made to an entry of premises entered in Part 3 of the Register restored to that part of Register using the relevant application form which must be in such form as the Council may from time to time determine.

(3) An application under this rule must be made to the Registrar before the end of the period of twelve months beginning with the date on which the annotation was removed from the Register.

(4) The application form must, in particular—

(a)require the applicant to specify—

(i)the applicant’s name, address and contact details (including a telephone number and electronic mail address, where possible),

(ii)the full postal address of the premises at which the retail pharmacy business is, or is to be, carried on,

(iii)the number of the entry of the premises entered in the Register to which the application relates, and

(iv)the name under which the retail pharmacy business carried on, or to be carried on, at the premises trades;

(b)include a demand that the applicant pay the prescribed fee in respect of the application; and

(c)require the applicant to—

(i)provide any other necessary supporting documents, information or evidence as mentioned in the application form, and

(ii)sign and date the application.

(5) The applicant must also provide such additional documents, information or evidence as the Registrar may reasonably require for the purposes of verifying the information in, or determining, the application.

(6) For the purposes of paragraph (4)(a)(i), the address of the applicant is—

(a)where the retail pharmacy business is, or is to be, carried on at the premises by an individual, that individual’s home address in the Register;

(b)where the retail pharmacy business is, or is to be, carried on at the premises by a partnership, the address of the principal office of that partnership; or

(c)where the retail pharmacy business is, or is to be, carried on at the premises by a body corporate, the address of the registered or principal office of that body corporate.

(7) The Registrar may refuse any application under this rule which is not accompanied by the necessary supporting documents, information or evidence as mentioned in the application form or subsequently required by the Registrar.

(8) The Registrar must refuse the application—

(a)if the application is not received by the Registrar within the time limit specified in paragraph (3);

(b)if the annotation made to an entry of premises entered in Part 3 of the Register was removed from that part of the Register because of a failure to provide any document, evidence or information and the relevant document, information or evidence is not included in the application; or

(c)if the applicant has not paid, or has not made arrangements with the Registrar to pay by direct debit, the prescribed fee in respect of the application.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. rule 30 in force at 27.9.2010, see art. 1(1)