The Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Order 2007

The Council

5.—(1) The Privy Council may by order vary the size and composition of the Council (in addition to its powers to do so under the Charter(1)), provided that—

(a) the number of members of the Council who are registered pharmacists constitutes a majority of the total number of members of the Council; and

(b) the total number of members of the Council does not exceed 35.

(2) In exercising its function of appointing persons to the Council(2), the Privy Council shall ensure that, at any time, at least one of the persons on the Council appointed by it lives or works wholly or mainly in each of England, Scotland and Wales.

(3) The Council shall make regulations under the Charter(3) in respect of the suspension or removal from office of its members, and those regulations shall in particular provide for—

(a) a member of the Council who is a registered pharmacist to be removed from office forthwith if he ceases to be registered in Part 1 of the Register of Pharmacists; and

(b) a member of the Council who is a registered pharmacy technician to be removed from office forthwith if he ceases to be registered in Part 1 of the Register of Pharmacy Technicians.

(4) The Council shall—

(a) establish and maintain a system for the declaration and registration of private interests of its members; and

(b) publish in such manner as it sees fit entries recorded in the register of members’ interests.

(1)

See paragraph 8 of the Charter.

(2)

See paragraph 8(4) of the Charter.

(3)

See paragraph 8 of the Charter.