Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003

Valid from 19/10/2004

1 (1) The Pharmacy Act 1954 is amended as follows. U.K.

(2) In section 15 (appointment of certain members to the Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain) after subsection (2) there are inserted the following subsections—

“(3) Subsection (4) applies if, under section 187 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003, the Secretary of State has given a direction to a Special Health Authority to exercise any function of a Minister of the Crown relating to the making of appointments to a body mentioned in that section.

(4) The Privy Council may direct the Special Health Authority to exercise to the extent specified in the direction its functions under this section in relation to—

(a) the appointment of members to the Council;

(b) the period for which a person appointed is to hold office.”

(3) In Schedule 1 (the Statutory Committee) after paragraph 3 there is inserted the following paragraph—

“3A (1) This paragraph applies if, under section 187 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003, the Secretary of State has given a direction to a Special Health Authority to exercise any function of a Minister of the Crown relating to the making of appointments to a body mentioned in that section.

(2) The Privy Council may direct the Special Health Authority to exercise to the extent specified in the direction its functions under paragraph 1 in relation to the appointment and removal of the chairman of the committee.

(3) If the Privy Council give a direction as mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) for so long as the direction remains in force and for the purposes (if any) specified in the direction paragraph 3(2)(b) must be construed as if the reference to the Clerk to the Privy Council is a reference to the Special Health Authority.”