Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations further amend the Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applications for Registration and Fees) Regulations 1973“the principal regulations”. They increase the fee for registration of premises at which a retail pharmacy business is, or is to be, carried on, the subsequent annual fees (retention fees) and the penalty (payable in circumstances specified in section 76(2) of the Medicines Act 1968) for failure to pay retention fees.
These Regulations also revoke the Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applications for Registration and Fees) Amendment Regulations 1990 which increased the fees in the principal regulations, and whose effect is spent on the coming into force of these Regulations.