73.—(1) The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Order 1997(1) is amended as follows.
(2) In article 12A (exemptions for the supply and administration of prescription only medicines by national health service bodies)—
(a)in paragraph (1)(b), before “Health Authority or” there is inserted “Strategic Health Authority,”; and
(b)in paragraph (2)(b), before “Health Authority or” there is inserted “Strategic Health Authority,”.
(3) In article 12C (exemption for persons conducting a retail pharmacy business who supply or administer prescription only medicines under a Patient Group Direction), in paragraph (1)(a), before “a Health Authority” there is inserted “a Strategic Health Authority,”.
(4) In Part 2 of Schedule 7 (persons on whose behalf a Patient Group Direction must be signed), after the entry relating to the Common Services Agency, there is inserted—
| “Strategic Health Authority | The Strategic Health Authority” |
S.I. 1997/1830, amended by S.I. 2000/1917. Further amendments to the Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Order 1997 are contained in Schedules 4 and 5.