Medicines Act 1968

Supplementary provisionsU.K.

84 Offences under Part IV.U.K.

[F1(A1)A person who fails to comply with either of the following shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale—

(a)subsection (4) of section 72A of this Act (which requires the making of entries in a record relating to the responsible pharmacist),

(b)subsection (5) of that section (which requires the keeping and preservation of the record).]

(1)Any person who contravenes section 77 of this Act shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [F2level 3 on the standard scale].

(2)Any person who contravenes section 78 of this Act or who contravenes any regulations made under section 79(2) of this Act shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [F3level 3 on the standard scale].

[F484A.Rules by the General Pharmaceutical CouncilU.K.

(1)The General Pharmaceutical Council may make such provision as it considers appropriate in rules for any purpose for which rules are authorised or required to be made by it under Part 4 of this Act.

(2)Article 66 of the Pharmacy Order 2010 (rules) applies to the making of rules by the General Pharmaceutical Council under Part 4 of this Act as it applies to the making of rules by the General Pharmaceutical Council under Part 3 of that Order (registered pharmacies: standards in retail pharmacies).]

Textual Amendments

F4S. 84A inserted (10.2.2010 for specified purposes, 27.9.2010 in so far as not already in force) by The Pharmacy Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/231), art. 1(3), Sch. 4 para. 1(16); S.I. 2010/1621, art. 2(1), Sch.