The Misuse of Drugs (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2006

Amendment of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001

4.  In regulation 2(1)—

(a) after the definition of “clinical management plan”, insert—

““the Common Services Agency for the health service” means the body established under section 10 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978(1);”;

(b) after the definition of “document”, insert—

““equivalent body” means a Local Health Board in Wales, a Health Board in Scotland or the Northern Ireland Central Services Agency for the Health and Social Services in Northern Ireland;”;

(c) after the definition of “exempt product”, insert—

““Health Board” means a board constituted under section 2 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978;”;

(d) after the definition of “installation manager”, insert—

““Local Health Board” means a Local Health Board established in accordance with section 16BA of the National Health Service Act 1977(2);”;

(e) after the definition of “medicinal product”, insert—

““NHS Business Services Authority” means the special health authority established under Article 2 of the NHS Business Services Authority (Awdurdod Gwasanaethau Busnes y GIG) (Establishment and Constitution) Order 2005(3);

“the Northern Ireland Central Services Agency for the Health and Social Services” means the body established under Article 26 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972(4);”;

(f) after the definition of “patient group direction”, insert—

““pharmacist” has the same meaning as in the Medicines Act 1968(5);

“prescriber identification number” means the number recorded against a person’s name by the relevant National Health Service agency for the purposes of that person’s private prescribing;”;

(g) after the definition of “prescription”, insert—

““Primary Care Trust” means a Primary Care Trust established under section 16A of the National Health Service Act 1977(6);

“private prescribing” means issuing prescriptions other than health prescriptions, where the definition of “prescription” has effect as if the words “or by a veterinary surgeon or veterinary practitioner for the purposes of animal treatment” were omitted;

“professional registration number” means the number recorded against a person’s name in the register of any body that licenses or regulates any profession of which that person is a member;”;

(h) after the definition of “registered nurse”, insert—

““registered occupational therapist” has the same meaning as in the Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Order 1997(7);”;

(i) after the definition of “registered ophthalmic optician”, insert—

““registered orthotist and prosthetist” has the same meaning as in the Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Order 1997(8);”;

(j) after the definition of “registered pharmacy”, insert—

““relevant National Health Service agency” means, for England and Wales, the NHS Business Services Authority; for Scotland, the Common Services Agency for the health service; and for Northern Ireland, the Northern Ireland Central Services Agency for the Health and Social Services;”.

(1)

1978 c. 29. Section 10 of that Act has been amended by paragraph 2(4) of Schedule 2 to the Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005 asp. 13.

(2)

1977 c. 49. Section 16BA of that Act was inserted by section 6(1) of the National Health Service Reform and Healthcare Professions Act 2002 (c. 17).

(3)

S.I. 2005/2414.

(4)

S.I 1972/1265 (NI 14).

(5)

1968 c. 67. The definition of “pharmacist” is contained in section 132 of that Act, which was amended by S.I. 1976/1213.

(6)

Section 16A of that Act was inserted by section 2(1) of the Health Act 1999 (c. 8).

(7)

S.I. 1997/1830; the definition of “registered occupational therapist” was inserted by S.I. 2004/1189.

(8)

S.I. 1997/1830; the definition of “registered orthotist and prosthetist” was inserted by S.I. 2004/1189.