The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2004

Amendment of regulation 9

7.—(1) In regulation 9(5) (determination of controlled locality), for the word “doctor” substitute “provider of primary medical services under Part I of the Act”.

(2) For regulation 9(6) substitute—

“(6) Where the Primary Care Trust determines that any area or part of an area is or is not rural in character, it shall consider whether the provision of primary medical services by any provider of primary medical services, or pharmaceutical services by any chemist, or local pharmaceutical services by any LPS chemist, is likely to be adversely affected in consequence of that determination.”.

(3) For regulation 9(7) substitute—

“(7) Where the Primary Care Trust considers that the provision of primary medical services by any doctor, GMS contractor or PMS contractor, or pharmaceutical services by any chemist, or local pharmaceutical services by any LPS chemist is likely to be adversely affected in consequence of a determination under paragraph (4), it may impose conditions to postpone, for such period as it thinks fit, the making or termination of arrangements under regulation 20 for the provision by a doctor of pharmaceutical services to his patients.”.