(1)The Secretary of State may—
(a)give directions to a [F2Primary Care Trust or] Health Authority requiring them to arrange for the provision to persons [F3within or outside their area] of additional pharmaceutical services; or
(b)by giving directions to a [F2Primary 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 [F2Primary 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 [F2Primary 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 M1National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 1992 or under any corresponding provision replacing, or otherwise derived from, that regulation.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 41A inserted (15.8.1997) by 1997 c. 46, s. 27(1); S.I. 1997/1780, art. 2, Sch.
F2Words 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)
F3Words 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
F4S. 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
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