Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972

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Instrument amended by 1995 c. 51 s.4 Sch. para.30

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Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Order (including any effects on those provisions):

art. 56(4C)(4D) substituted by S.I. 2002/3135 Sch. 1 para. 16 (This amendment has not been applied as it has been superceded by the substitution of art. 56 by 2004/311 NI 2 art. 3)
art. 61-61E and art. 61F and cross-heading substituted for art. 61 by 2008 c. 2 (N.I.) s. 2(2) (This amending provision is itself amended (13.6.2016) before it comes into force by 2016 c. 26 (N.I.), ss. 9, 20(2))
art. 98(3) added by 2008 c. 2 (N.I.) s. 4(1)
art. 107(1A) inserted by 2008 c. 2 (N.I.) s. 4(4)(b)

Arrangements for pharmaceutical servicesN.I.

63 .F1 [F2 (1) [F3The Department] shall, in accordance with regulations, make arrangements F4... for the[F5 provision] to persons F4... of—

(a)

proper and sufficient drugs and medicines and listed appliances which are ordered for those persons by a medical practitioner in pursuance of his functions—

(i)

in providing any service in pursuance of this Order; or

(ii)

in the [F6health care] established in pursuance of section 1 of the National Health Service Act 1977 [1977 c.49] or section 1 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 [1978 c.29] ; or

(iii)

in the armed forces of the Crown (excluding forces of a Commonwealth country and forces raised in a colony);F7. . .

(b)

listed drugs and medicines which are ordered for those persons by a dental practitioner in pursuance of such functions;F8. . .

(bb)

[F9listed drugs and medicines and listed appliances which are ordered for those persons by[F10 a pharmacist or] a prescribed description of registered nurse, midwife or health visitor in pursuance of such functions; and]

(c)

[F11such services as may be prescribed;]

[F12and the services provided in accordance with the arrangements are, together with additional pharmaceutical services provided in accordance with [F13arrangements] under Article 63A, referred to in this Order as “pharmaceutical services”.]

[F14(2) Regulations shall provide for securing that arrangements made by [F15the Department] under paragraph (1) will enable persons F16... for whom drugs, medicines or appliances mentioned in that paragraph are ordered as there mentioned[F17, or to whom services mentioned in paragraph (1)(c) are to be provided] to receive them from persons with whom such arrangements have been made.

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(2B) F18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2C) F18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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(3) Before making any regulations under this Article, the Ministry shall consult such organisations as appear to the Minister to be representative of the pharmaceutical profession.

F19[(4) In this Article “listed” means included in a list for the time being approved for the purposes of this Article by the Department.]

F1mod. by SR 2004/259

F21978 NI 26

F3Words in art. 63(1) substituted (1.4.2022) by Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 3), s. 8(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 33(2)(a); S.R. 2022/102, art. 2(b)

F4Words in art. 63(1) omitted (1.4.2022) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 3), s. 8(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 33(2)(b); S.R. 2022/102, art. 2(b)

F51991 NI 1

F6Words in Order substituted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), s. 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 1(1)(b); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2