Membership
3.—(1) The Pharmacy Practices Committee shall consist of seven members of whom—
(a)one shall be the chairman appointed as such by the Board; the chairman shall be a member of the Board but shall not be an officer of the Board nor shall he be, nor previously have been, a doctor, dentist, ophthalmic optician or pharmacist or the employee of a person who is a doctor, dentist, ophthalmic optician or pharmacist;
(b)three shall be pharmacists of whom—
(i)one shall be a pharmacist whose name is not included in any pharmaceutical list and who is not the employee of a person whose name is so listed; and he shall be appointed by the Board from persons nominated by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain; and
(ii)two shall be pharmacists each of whom is included in a pharmaceutical list or is an employee of a person whose name is so listed; and each shall be appointed by the Board from persons nominated by the Area Pharmaceutical Committee; and
(c)three shall be persons appointed by the Board otherwise than from the members of the Board but none shall be nor previously have been a doctor, dentist, ophthalmic optician or a pharmacist, or an employee of a person who is a doctor, dentist, ophthalmic optician or pharmacist.
(2) Persons to act as deputies for, and corresponding in number to, each of those categories of person appointed pursuant to sub-paragraph (1) shall, provided they satisfy the criteria specified in that sub-paragraph, be appointed by the Board and in the absence of any of those persons a deputy from the appropriate category shall be entitled to act in his place.
(3) If a nomination sought for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(b)(i) or (ii) above is not made before such date as the Board may determine, the Board may appoint as a member a person who satisfies the criteria specified in the relevant sub-paragraph.
(4) The Board shall prepare and maintain lists of the persons who have been appointed, in accordance with paragraph 3(1)(a), (b)(i) or (b)(ii), or (c), as the case might be, and who currently serve as members of the Pharmacy Practices Committee, and shall provide the Secretary of State with a copy of such lists from time to time.