The Human Medicines Regulations 2012

Health and Personal Social Services (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004

113.—(1) The Health and Personal Social Services (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2—

(a) in the definition “licensing authority” for “section 6(3) of the Medicines Act 1968” substitute “regulation 6 of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012”;

(b) omit the definition “the POM Order” and

(c) in the definition “prescription only medicine” for the words from “referred” to the end of the definition substitute “within the meaning of regulation 5(3) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012”.

(3) In regulation 47(2) for the words from “Part 3” to the end of the regulation substitute “Part 12 of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012”.

(4) In Schedule 5—

(a) in paragraph 11A(1) in the definition “Patient Group Direction” for “the Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Order 1997” substitute “the Human Medicines Regulations 2012”; and

(b) in paragraph 41(2)(a)—

(i) for “article 3B(3) of the POM Order” substitute “regulation 215 of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012”; and

(ii) for “that Order” substitute “those Regulations”.

(1)

S.R. (NI) 2004 No 140, as amended by S.R. (NI) 2005 No 368.