Pharmacy (Northern Ireland) Order 1976

PART I N.I. INTRODUCTORY

Title and commencement N.I.

1.  This Order may be cited as the Pharmacy (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 … Commencement …

Interpretation N.I.

2.—(1) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 [1954 c.33] shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

(2) In this Order—

• “the Act of 1925” means the Pharmacy and Poisons Act (Northern Ireland) 1925 [1925 c.8] ;

• “the Act of 1945” means the Medicines, Pharmacy and Poisons Act (Northern Ireland) 1945 [1945 c.9] ;

• “approved bye-laws” means bye-laws—

  (a)

  submitted by the Council to a meeting of the Society called, after at least fourteen days' notice of the meeting has been served on every person appearing to be a member of the Society, for the purpose of approving bye-laws so submitted (whether or not the meeting has been called for any other purposes in addition), being a meeting at which at least thirty members of the Society are present; and

  (b)

  approved by a majority of the members present and voting at such a meeting;

• “associate” has the meaning assigned to it by paragraph 3(1) of Part I of Schedule 1;

• “certificate of registration” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 12(3);

• “the Council” means the Council of the Society;

• “the Department” means the Department of Health and Social Services;

• “enactment” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1( b) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954;

• “the Medicines Act” means the Medicines Act 1968 [1968 c.67] ;

• “member” has the meaning assigned to it by paragraph 2 of Part I of Schedule 1;

• [F1 “national”, in relation to a member 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;]

• “the Pharmacy Inspector” means the inspector appointed under Article 24(1);

• “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations under Article 5;

• “registered” means in relation to a pharmaceutical chemist, druggist or student, registered in the appropriate register under Article 6;

• “registered person” means a person registered as a pharmaceutical chemist or druggist;

• “registered pharmacy” has the meaning assigned to it by section 74 of the Medicines Act;

• “the registrar” means the registrar appointed under Article 9(1);

• “retail pharmacy business” has the meaning assigned to it by section 132(1) of the Medicines Act;

• “the Society” means the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland;

• “the Statutory Committee” means the Committee continued under Article 19(1);

• “student” means a registered student.

F1 SR 1987/457