The National Health Service (General Medical and Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1987

Amendments to the principal regulations

6.  In regulation 29 (schemes for securing proper pharmaceutical service) of the principal regulations—

(a) in paragraph (2) the words “each district” shall be deleted and the words “the area of the Board” inserted in their place;

(b) in paragraph (3) the words “the said schemes” shall be deleted and the words “schemes prepared under paragraph (2)” inserted in their place;

(c) in paragraph (4), after the words “of a scheme”, there shall be inserted the words to be prepared under paragraph (2) ;

(d) paragraph (5) shall be deleted and the following inserted:—

“(5) Where the Board after consultation with the area pharmaceutical committee, amends the provisions of a scheme approved under paragraph (2), the area pharma ceutical committee or any person whose name is included in the pharmaceutical list may appeal in respect of any such amendment, and any such appeal—

(a) shall be made in writing and received by the Board within 21 days from the date on which notification of that amendment was published; and

(b) may be determined by the Secretary of State, or if he so decides, in accordance with paragraph 4(3) to (5) and paragraphs 14 to 20 of Schedule 3A.”.