The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical and Local Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2013

Cancellation of designations U.K.

101.—(1)  [F1 NHS England] may at any time cancel—

(a) any of its designations, including designations it has varied, under regulation 99; and

(b) any of the designations of Primary Care Trusts, including their varied designations, under regulation 4 of the 2006 Regulations (designation of priority neighbourhoods or premises).

(2) [F1 NHS England] must cancel a designation—

(a) if required to do so by a direction given by the Secretary of State under section 168A of the 2006 Act M1 (exercise of functions);

(b) within 12 months of the date of the decision to make the designation, disregarding any subsequent decision to vary the designation, if in the case of designation for a proposed LPS scheme, no proposal to enter into an LPS scheme has been received by [F1 NHS England] (or before the appointed day by a Primary Care Trust) for approval;

(c) if, in the case of a designation for a proposed LPS scheme, the only (or only remaining) proposal to enter into an LPS scheme that relates to the designation has been refused;

(d) if there has been a significant change to the area in which, or to the premises from which, LP services are to be provided, other than a change which leads to a variation of the designation under regulation 99(5); or

(e) if or when an LPS contractor commences the provision of LP services at the designated location.

(3) [F1 NHS England] must give notice of the cancellation to the persons who would have been notified under regulation 99(6)(b) if the designation had instead been varied.

(4) If a designation has been cancelled under this regulation or regulation 6 of the 2006 Regulations (cancellation of designations by a Primary Care Trust), [F1 NHS England] may only designate the same area, premises or description of premises under regulation 99 within 6 months of that cancellation if the reason for the cancellation was the refusal by [F1 NHS England] or a Primary Care Trust of a proposal to enter into an LPS scheme.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Regulations substituted (6.11.2023) by The Health and Care Act 2022 (Further Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1071), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 1

Marginal Citations

M1 Section 168A was inserted by the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), section 49(4).