Version Superseded: 11/02/2010
Point in time view as at 01/10/2009. This version of this provision has been superseded.
Medicines Act 1968, Section 82 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 10 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)[F1The relevant disciplinary committee] shall not give a direction under section 80 of this Act except with the assent of the chairman of the Committee.
(2)A direction under that section shall not take effect until the end of the period of three months from the date on which notice of the direction is given to the body corporate or other person to whom it relates, and, if an appeal against the direction is brought under this section, shall not take effect until that appeal has been determined or withdrawn.
(3)Where any such direction is given, the body corporate or other person to whom it relates may, at any time before the end of the period of three months specified in subsection (2) of this section, appeal against the direction to the High Court.
(4)The Pharmaceutical Society may appear as respondent on any such appeal; and, for the purpose of enabling directions to be given as to costs on any such appeal, the Pharmaceutical Society shall be deemed to be a respondent to the appeal whether they appear on the hearing of the appeal or not.
(5)On any such appeal, the High Court may give such directions in the matter as appear to the Court to be appropriate; and it shall be the duty of [F2the relevant disciplinary committee] to comply with any such directions and (where appropriate) of the registrar to make such alterations in the register as are necessary to give effect to them.
(6)No appeal shall lie from any decision of the High Court under this section.
(7)In the application of this section to Scotland, any reference to the High Court shall be construed as a reference to the Court of Session, and any reference to costs shall be construed as a reference to expenses.
(8)In the application of this section to Northern Ireland, any reference to the High Court shall be construed as a reference to a judge of the [F3 Court of Judicature ] of Northern Ireland.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 82(1) substituted (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. 1 para. 2(14)
F2Words in s. 82(5) substituted (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. 1 para. 2(14)
F3Words in Act substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 6; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1s. 82: Power to amend conferred (15.3.2000) by 1999 c. 8, s. 60(1)(2)(4), Sch. 3 para. 2(3)(a); S.I. 2000/779, art. 2(1)
All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 except where otherwise stated. This site additionally contains content derived from EUR-Lex, reused under the terms of the Commission Decision 2011/833/EU on the reuse of documents from the EU institutions. For more information see the EUR-Lex public statement on re-use.
