The Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applications for Registration and Fees) Amendment Regulations 1996

Made4th December 1996

Laid before Parliament11th December 1996

Coming into force1st January 1997

The Secretaries of State concerned with health in England, in Wales and in Scotland and the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, acting jointly as the Health Ministers in exercise of powers conferred on them by sections 75(1), 76(1), (2) and (6) and 129(5) of the Medicines Act 19681 or, as the case may be, those conferred by those provisions and now vested in them2, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after consulting, pursuant to section 129(6) of that Act, such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by these Regulations, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations, which may be cited as the Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applications for Registration and Fees) Amendment Regulations 1996, come into force on 1st January 1997.

Amendment of the Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applications for Registration and Fees) Regulations 19732

In regulation 3 (fees) of the Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applications for Registration and Fees) Regulations 19733,

a

in paragraph (1) (fee for registration of premises), for “£124” there is substituted “£128” and for “£66” (fee where premises are in Northern Ireland) there is substituted “£69”,

b

in paragraph (2) (retention fee), for “£80” there is substituted “£82” and for “£61” (fee where premises are in Northern Ireland) there is substituted “£64”,

c

in paragraph (3) (additional sum by way of penalty), for “£256” there is substituted “£264” and for “£189” (sum where premises are in Northern Ireland) there is substituted “£197”.

Revocation3

The Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applications for Registration and Fees) Amendment Regulations 19954 are hereby revoked.

Signed by Authority of Secretary of State for Health

Gerald MaloneMinister of StateDepartment of Health3rd December 1996

William HagueSecretary of State for Wales3rd December 1996

James Douglas-HamiltonMinister of State, The Scottish Office4th December 1996

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland this

F.A. ElliottPermanent Secretary3rd day of December 1996.

(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”). Regulation 2(a) increases the fees for registration of premises at which a retail pharmacy business is, or is to be, carried on from £124 to £128 and, where the premises are in Northern Ireland, from £66 to £69. Regulation 2(b) increases subsequent annual fees (retention fees) from £80 to £82 and, where the premises are in Northern Ireland, from £61 to £64. Regulation 2(c) increases the penalty for failure to pay retention fees (payable in circumstances specified in section 76(2) of the Medicines Act 1968) from £256 to £264 and, where the premises are in Northern Ireland, from £189 to £197.

These Regulations also revoke the Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applications for Registration and Fees) Amendment Regulations 1995, which increased the fees in the principal Regulations, the effect of which is spent on the coming into force of these Regulations.