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Amendment of article 13A of the principal Order

12.  In article 13A of the principal Order (exemption relating to prescriptions given by nurses)(1)—

(a)for paragraph (1), substitute—

(1) The restrictions imposed by section 58(2)(a) (restrictions in sale and supply) shall not apply to the sale or supply of a prescription only medicine by a pharmacist in accordance with a prescription given by—

(a)another pharmacist,

(b)a registered nurse, or

(c)a registered midwife,

who is not an appropriate practitioner in relation to that medicine where the pharmacist selling or supplying the medicine, having exercised all due diligence, believes on reasonable grounds that the person is such a practitioner.; and

(b)in paragraph (2)—

(i)after “extended formulary nurse prescriber”, in both places those words appear, insert “or supplementary prescriber”, and

(ii)for “article 3A(2) and (3)” substitute “articles 3A(2) and (3) or 3B”.

(1)

Article 13A was inserted by S.I. 2002/549.