The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2007

Amendment of the Medicines Act 1968

98.  In the Medicines Act 1968(1)—

(a) in section 69(2) (general provisions), after subsection (1) insert—

“(1ZA) In subsection (1)(a) “pharmacist” does not include a person registered in Part 3 of the Register of Pharmacists maintained under article 10(1) of the Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Order 2007(3) (visiting pharmacists from relevant European States).”;

(b) in section 70(4) (business carried on by individual pharmacist or by partners), in the second sentence of subsection (2), in the substituted paragraph (a), for “pharmacists” substitute “persons registered in Part 1 of the Register of Pharmacists maintained under article 10(1) of the Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Order 2007”;

(c) in section 71(5) (bodies corporate), after subsection (2) add—

“(3) In subsection (2)(a) “pharmacist” does not include a person registered in Part 3 of the Register of Pharmacists maintained under article 10(1) of the Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Order 2007 (visiting pharmacists from relevant European States).”; and

(d) in section 132 (general interpretation provisions), in subsection (1), in the definition of “pharmacist”(6), after “Part 1” insert “or 3”.

(1)

1968 c.67.

(2)

Section 69 was amended by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993 (c.50), Schedule 1, Part 12, and by S.I. 1976/1213 and 2007/289.

(3)

S.I. 2007/289.

(4)

Section 70 was amended by S.I. 2007/289 and is to be substituted by section 27 of the Health Act 2006 (c.28) on a date to be appointed.

(5)

Section 71 was amended by S.I. 2007/289 and is to be substituted by section 28 of the Health Act 2006 on a date to be appointed.

(6)

The definition of “pharmacist” was amended by S.I. 1976/1213 and 2007/289.