Textual Amendments applied to the whole legislation
F11Act: power to modify conferred (15.3.2000) by 1999 c. 8, s. 60(1)(2)(a)(4), Sch. 3; S.I. 2000/779, art. 2(1)
(1)For the purpose of exercising any powers conferred by this Act on the Privy Council, the quorum of the Privy Council shall be three.
(2)Any document purporting to be—
(a)an instrument of appointment or approval made by the Privy Council under this Act or any other instrument so made; and
(b)signed by the Clerk of the Privy Council or by any other person authorised by the Privy Council in that behalf,
shall be evidence of the fact that the instrument was so made and of the terms of the instrument.
Any sum received by the Society by way of fee or penalty in pursuance of any provision of this Act shall be applicable for the purposes of the Society.
(1)In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them respectively, that is to say—
F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
“byelaws” means byelaws made by the Council;
“the Council” means the Council of the Society;
F2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F3“EEA State” means a member State, Norway, Liechtenstein, Iceland or Switzerland;]
[F4“national”, in relation to an EEA State, means the same as in the Community Treaties, but does not include a person who by virtue of Article 2 of Protocol No. 3 (Channel Islands and Isle of Man) to the Treaty of Accession is not to benefit from Community provisions relating to the free movement of persons and services;]
[F4“the Pharmacists Recognition Directive” means Council Directive 85/433/EEC concerning the mutual recognition of diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications in pharmacy as amended by—
Council Directives 85/584/EEC and 90/658/EEC;
the Act annexed to the Treaty relating to the accession of the Kingdom of Norway, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union signed at Corfu on 24th June 1994, as adjusted by the Decision of the Council of the European Union of 1st January 1995 adjusting the instruments concerning the accession of new Member States to the European Union;
Directive 2001/19/EC; F5...
the Swiss Agreement; [F6and]
[F7the Act annexed to the Treaty relating to the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the Adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded signed at Athens on 16th April 2003;]]
[F8“the Pharmacy Acts” means F9. . . the M1Pharmacy Act 1954, sections 77 and 84(1) of the M2Medicines Act 1968 and the M3Poisons Act 1972, and includes rules made F9. . . under section 7 of the Poisons Act 1972].
“prescribed” means prescribed by byelaws;
“the register” means the Register of Pharmaceutical Chemists F9. . . maintained in pursuance of subsection (1) of section two of this Act;
“registered” means registered in the register, and “to register” and “registration” shall be construed accordingly;
“registered pharmaceutical chemist” means a person whose name is registered;
“registrar” means the registrar appointed in pursuance of section one of this Act;
“the Society” means the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain;
[F4“the Swiss Agreement” means the Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other, on the free movement of persons, signed at Luxembourg on 21st June 1999;]
“year”, in subsection (3) of section two and subsection (2) of section twelve, means a period of twelve months beginning on such date as is for the time being determined by the Council.
(2)In the application of this Act to Scotland any reference to the High Court shall be construed as a reference to the Court of Session.
(3)Any reference in this Act to any enactment is a reference to that enactment as amended by any subsequent enactment.
Textual Amendments
F1Definition in s. 24(1) of "the Act of 1933" repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch.XII.
F2Words in s. 24 omitted (18.8.2004) by virtue of The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions and Accession of New Member States) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1947), reg. 13(3)(a)
F3Words in s. 24 substituted (18.8.2004) by The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions and Accession of New Member States) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1947), reg. 13(3)(b)
F4Words in s. 24(1) inserted (31.12.2003) by The European Qualifications (Health Care Professions) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/3148), regs. 1(1)(c), 8(7)
F5Word in s. 24 omitted (18.8.2004) by virtue of The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions and Accession of New Member States) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1947), reg. 13(3)(c)(i)
F6Word in s. 24 inserted (18.8.2004) by The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions and Accession of New Member States) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1947), reg. 13(3)(c)(ii)
F7Words in s. 24 inserted (18.8.2004) by The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions and Accession of New Member States) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1947), reg. 13(3)(c)(iii)
F8Definition substituted by Poisons Act 1972 (c. 66), s. 12(2)
F9Words in s. 24(1) repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch.XII.
Marginal Citations
Textual Amendments
F10S. 25 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt.XII.
(1)This Act may be cited as the Pharmacy Act 1954, and shall come into operation at the expiration of one month beginning with the date of its passing.
(2)This Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland.