Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. IV: Power to amend conferred (N.I.) (2.4.2001) by 2001 c. 3 (N.I.), s. 60, Sch. 4 para. 2(2); S.R. 2001/128, art. 2(4), Sch.
C2Pt. IV amendment to earlier affecting provision SI 1994/3144 reg. 9 (30.10.2005) by Medicines (Marketing Authorisations Etc.) Amendment Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2759), regs. 1(a), 2(12)
C3Pt. IV modified (E.W.S.) (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)(3)) by Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/289), art. 1(2)(3), Sch. 2 para. 13(7)
C4Pt. IV (except ss. 80-83): Power to amend conferred (15.3.2000) by 1999 c. 8, ss. 60(1)(2)(4), 67(1), Sch. 3 para. 2(3)(b); S.I. 2000/779, art. 2
(1)Subject to the provisions of any order made under section 73 of this Act, a person carrying on a retail pharmacy business shall be taken to be a person lawfully conducting such a business if, not being disqualified by virtue of section 80 of this Act,—
(a)that person (or, if the business is carried on by a partnership, each, or, in Scotland, one or more, of the partners) is a pharmacist and the conditions specified in section 70 of this Act are fulfilled in relation to the business, or
(b)that person is a body corporate and the conditions specified in section 71 of this Act are fulfilled in relation to the business, or
(c)that person is a representative of a pharmacist (as defined by section 72 of this Act) and the conditions specified in subsection (2) of that section are fulfilled in relation to him and in relation to the business and the period applicable in accordance with subsection (3) of that section has not expired.
F1(1ZA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F2(2)For the purposes of the application of this Part of this Act to a business which—
(a)is or is to be carried on in one or more separate or distinct parts (but not the whole) of a building, whether it is or is to be also carried on elsewhere or not, or
(b)so far as concerns the retail sale of medicinal products, or the supply of such products in circumstances corresponding to retail sale, is or is to be carried on in one or more separate or distinct parts (but not the whole) of a building, whether it is or is to be carried on elsewhere or not,
each such part of that building shall be taken to be separate premises.
(3)In this Part of this Act—
F3...
“the board”, in relation to a body corporate, means the body of persons controlling the body corporate, by whatever name called;
F4...
[F5“the register” means—
in relation to Great Britain, the register established and maintained under article 19 of the Pharmacy Order 2010; and
in relation to Northern Ireland, the register kept for the purposes of section 75;]
[F6“the registrar” means—
in relation to Great Britain, the person appointed under article 18 of the Pharmacy Order 2010 as registrar for the purposes of that Order; and
in relation to Northern Ireland, the person appointed under Article 9(1) of the Pharmacy (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 as registrar for the purposes of that Order;]
[F7“the relevant disciplinary committee” means—
in relation to Great Britain, the Fitness to Practise Committee established under article 4(6) of the Pharmacy Order 2010; and
in relation to Northern Ireland, the Statutory Committee appointed under Article 19 of the Pharmacy (Northern Ireland) Order 1976;]
“ relevant European State ” means either an EEA State other than the United Kingdom or Switzerland.
F8...]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 69(1ZA) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/593), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 4 (with reg. 12A, Sch. 2 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1394, regs. 4, 10(3)-(7)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in s. 69(1ZA) inserted (N.I.) (22.5.2008) by The European Qualifications (Pharmacy) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008/192), regs. 1(2), 13(a)
F3Definition in s. 69(3) repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt.XII
F4Words in s. 69(3) omitted (27.9.2010) by virtue of The Pharmacy Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/231), art. 1(5), Sch. 4 para. 1(2)(b)(i) (with Sch. 6 para. 1(1)); S.I. 2010/1621, art. 2(1), Sch.
F5Words in s. 69(3) inserted (27.9.2010) by The Pharmacy Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/231), art. 1(5), Sch. 4 para. 1(2)(b)(ii) (with Sch. 6 para. 1(1)); S.I. 2010/1621, art. 2(1), Sch.
F6Words in s. 69(3) substituted (27.9.2010) by The Pharmacy Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/231), art. 1(5), Sch. 4 para. 1(2)(b)(iii) (with Sch. 6 para. 1(1)); S.I. 2010/1621, art. 2(1), Sch.
F7Words in s. 69(3) substituted (27.9.2010) by The Pharmacy Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/231), art. 1(5), Sch. 4 para. 1(2)(b)(iv) (with Sch. 6 para. 1(1)); S.I. 2010/1621, art. 2(1), Sch.
F8Words in s. 69(3) omitted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)(3)) by virtue of Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/289), art. 1(2)(3), Sch. 1 para. 2(4)(c)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C5S. 69(3) amendment continued (11.2.2010) by The Pharmacy Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/231), art. 1(2)(c), Sch. 6 para. 1(1)