Part II E+W+S General Medical, General Dental, General Ophthalmic, and Pharmaceutical Services

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. II modified by S.I. 1982/288, Sch. 2 para. 1 Table

C2 Pt. II restricted (1.4.1998) by 1997 c. 46, s. 12; S.I. 1998/631, art. 2(a), Sch. 1

C3 Pt. II power to modify conferred (1.4.1998) by 1997 c. 46, s. 15(2)(a); S.I. 1998/631, art. 2(1)(a), Sch. 1

Pt. II power to apply conferred (1.4.1998) by 1997 c. 46, s. 15(2)(b); S.I. 1998/631, art. 2(1)(b), Sch. 1

Pharmaceutical services E+W+S

[F1 41A Arrangements for providing additional pharmaceutical services. E+W+S

(1) The Secretary of State may—

(a) give directions to a [F2 Primary Care Trust or] Health Authority requiring them to arrange for the provision to persons [F3 within or outside their area] of additional pharmaceutical services; or

(b) by giving directions to a [F2 Primary Care Trust or] Health Authority authorise them to arrange for such provision if they wish to do so.

[F4 (1A) Directions under this section may require or authorise a [F2 Primary Care Trust or] Health Authority to arrange for the provision of a service by means such that the person receiving it does so otherwise than at the premises from which it is provided (whether those premises are inside or outside the area of the [F2 Primary Care Trust or] Health Authority).]

(2) Directions under this section may make different provision in relation to different services specified in the directions.

(3) The Secretary of State must publish any directions under this section in the Drug Tariff or in such other manner as he thinks appropriate.

(4) In this section—

• “additional pharmaceutical services”, in relation to directions, means such services (of a kind that do not fall within section 41) as may be specified in the directions; and

• “Drug Tariff” means the Drug Tariff published under regulation 18 of the M1 National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 1992 or under any corresponding provision replacing, or otherwise derived from, that regulation.]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 41A inserted (15.8.1997) by 1997 c. 46, s. 27(1); S.I. 1997/1780, art. 2, Sch.

F2 Words in s. 41A inserted (1.10.2002) by National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17), ss. 2.(5), 42(3), {Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para 14}; S.I. 2002/2478, art. 3(1)(d)

F3 Words in s. 41A(1)(a) substituted (1.4.2002 for for E. and 1.7.2002 for W.) by 2001 c. 15, ss. 43(1)(a), 70(2) (with ss. 64(9), 65(4)); S.I. 2002/1095, s. {art. 2(6)}; S.I. 2002/1475, art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1

F4 S. 41A(1A) inserted (1.4.2002 for E. and 1.7.2002 for W. ) by 2001 c. 15, ss. 43(1)(b), 70(2) (with ss. 64(9), 65(4)); S.I. 2002/1095, art. 2(6); S.I. 2002/1475, art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 1992/662.