1In section 10(2) for the words " open shop is kept for any of the purposes mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) of section 15 of the Medicines, Pharmacy and Poisons Act (Northern Ireland) 1945 " there shall be substituted the words " a retail pharmacy business is carried on ", for the words " such shop " (twice) and " the shop " there shall be substituted the words " the business ", and for the words " keep open shop for any of the purposes mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) of the said section 15 " there shall be substituted the words " carry on a retail pharmacy business " : and after the said subsection (2) there shall be inserted the following subsection:—
“(3)In subsection (2) of this section the " expression ' retail pharmacy business' has the meaning assigned to it by section 132(1) of the Medicines Act 1968.”
2Sections 17 and 18 shall cease to have effect.
3In section 25 for the word " poisons " there shall be substituted the words " non-medicinal poisons ".
4In section 27(2) for the words from the beginning to the words " such portion " there shall be substituted the following words:—
“The fees paid to the registrar under section 75(1) of the Medicines Act 1968 on the entry of premises in the register required to be kept under that section and the retention or other fees, or any other sums, paid to him under section 76 of that Act shall be paid by him to the Ministry of Health and Social Services. Of the fees so paid to the Ministry of Health and Social Services such portion”;
and after the words "under this Act" there shall be inserted the words " and any expenses attributable to the functions of the registrar under Part IV of the Medicines Act 1968 ".
5In section 30 for the definition of " poison" there shall be substituted the following definition—
“The expression ' non-medicinal poison ' has the meaning assigned to it by section 38(1A) of the Medicines, Pharmacy and Poisons Act (Northern Ireland) 1945.”
6Schedule 3 shall cease to have effect.