3.—(1) There shall continue to be a Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland ( “the Society”).
(2) The constitution of the Society shall be as provided in that behalf in Part I of Schedule 1; and the supplementary provisions contained in Part II of that Schedule shall have effect with respect to the Society.
(3) The objects of the Society shall be—
(a)to advance chemistry and pharmacy;
(b)to promote pharmaceutical education and the application of pharmaceutical knowledge;
(c)to maintain the honour and safeguard and promote the interests of the members of the Society in their exercise of the profession of pharmacy;
(d)to execute all such functions as may be entrusted to the Society under any enactment;
(e)to provide relief for distressed persons, being—
(i)members of the Society;
(ii)persons who at any time have been members of the Society or have been registered as either pharmaceutical chemists, or chemists and druggists, or druggists or apprentices to pharmaceutical chemists, or as students of the Society; or
(iii)[F1surviving spouses, surviving civil partners,] orphans or dependants of deceased persons who were at any time members of the Society or registered as aforesaid.
(4) Without prejudice to any other provision of this Order, the Society may—
(a)acquire and hold land for the purposes for which the Society is constituted, and either dispose of or charge any such land;
(b)approve bye-laws made under Article 4;
(c)undertake and execute any lawful trust for the furtherance of any of the objects of the Society;
(d)accept gifts and donations and support, or aid in the support of, charitable or benevolent associations or institutions, or any cause which appears to the Society to be deserving of its support or aid;
(e)invest any funds of the Society not required for immediate use or to meet the usual accruing liabilities of the Society in any investment authorised by law for the investment of trust property;
(f)apply funds under the Society's control towards providing scholarships for the furtherance of education and research in pharmacy, in accordance with regulations under Article 5;
(g)do all such other matters and things as are reasonably necessary for, or incidental to the furtherance of, the objects of the Society or any of them, or the exercise of the powers of the Society or any of them.
(5) Any money received by the Society on the disposal of any land under paragraph (4)( a) shall be applied by the Society to some purpose of its functions to which capital moneys are properly applicable.
4.—(1) There shall continue to be a Council of the Society ( “the Council”) with a President and a Vice-President.
(2) The constitution of the Council shall be as provided in that behalf in Part I of Schedule 2; and the supplementary provisions contained in Part II of that Schedule shall have effect with respect to the Council.
(3) The Council may on behalf, and for the benefit, of the Society—
(a)direct and manage the business and affairs of the Society, and exercise all such powers of the Society as are not by this Order required to be exercised by the Society in general meeting, in accordance with and subject to approved bye-laws made by the Council;
(b)control and manage the property and funds of the Society and invest and apply the same in such manner as the Council may determine, subject to such general or special directions (if any) as may be contained in approved bye-laws made by the Council with respect to the control and management of such property and funds;
(c)regulate the functions of the secretary, treasurer, clerks and other subordinate officers and their terms and conditions of service;
(d)employ and pay such auditors, accountants and other advisers as the Council may think fit.
5.—(1) The Council may, subject to the provisions of this Order, make regulations with respect to all or any of the following matters—
(a)the meetings and other proceedings of the Council and the Society (including meetings for the reading of papers and discussions of scientific subjects);
(b)the examination (including the subjects of examination) or the qualifications of persons desirous of being registered as pharmaceutical chemists under this Order;
[F2(bb)the conditions as to character, physical and mental health and other matters to be satisfied by persons desirous of being registered as pharmaceutical chemists under this Order;]
(c)the qualifications of persons desirous of being registered as students under this Order;
(d)the conditions on which persons who are members of pharmaceutical societies outside Northern Ireland may be registered as pharmaceutical chemists under this Order, and the societies whose members may be so registered;
(e)the fees (being of a reasonable amount) for examination and registration,[F3 for retention of registration and for annotation of the register,] which are to be paid to the Society under this Order;
(f)the conditions on which persons may be required to undergo a course of practical training for the purpose of qualifying for registration as pharmaceutical chemists;
[F3(ff)annotation of the register of pharmaceutical chemists to indicate particular qualifications, specialist areas of practice and status;]
(g)the making of special provision with respect to the examinations to be passed by ex-servicemen;
(h)generally, any matters with respect to which the Council thinks that provision should be made for the purpose of carrying this Order into effect.
(2) Regulations under this Article shall not come into operation unless and until they are approved by the Department.
(3) Before approving any regulations with respect to—
(a)the matters mentioned in paragraph (1)( b), ( c) and ( g); or
(b)the prescribing of any body for the purposes of Article 7(5) or (6); or
(c)the provision of scholarships under Article 3(4)( f);
the Department shall consult the Department of Education.
(4) Every regulation under this Article shall be subject to negative resolution.
(5) For the purposes of paragraph (1)( g), the expression “ex-servicemen” includes—
(a)men who have served whole time in the armed forces of the Crown or in the Merchant Navy or the mercantile marine;F4. . .
Sub-para. (b) rep. with saving by 1981 c. 55