Corrections to the RegisterE+W+S
29.—(1) The Registrar must keep the Register correct and up to date, and, in so doing—
(a)must remove from the Register the entry of any registrant who has died; and
(b)from time to time, must make the necessary alterations—
(i)to any of the particulars in a registrant’s entry, and
(ii)to any of the particulars in the entry of a registered pharmacy.
[F1(2) On registering the death of a registrant—
(a)in England and Wales, a registrar of births and deaths; or
(b)in Scotland, a district registrar,
must, without charge, send forthwith to the Registrar a certified copy of the entry in the register of deaths relating to the death.]
(3) If the Registrar determines—
(a)that a entry of a registrant in Part 1 or 2 of the Register (except in a case where the entry was made under article 34) F2... has been fraudulently procured or incorrectly made, or
(b)that the entry of a registered pharmacy in Part 3 of the Register has been fraudulently procured or incorrectly made,
the Registrar may remove the registrant or registered pharmacy from that part of the Register.
(4) The Council may make such provision in rules as it considers appropriate in connection with determinations by the Registrar under paragraph (3).
(5) Where the Registrar removes the entry of a person from a part of the Register pursuant to paragraph (3)(a), the Registrar must send to that person at that person’s last known home address a statement in writing giving that person notice of the removal and the reasons for it and of the right of appeal to the Appeals Committee under article 40.
(6) Where the Registrar removes the entry of a registered pharmacy from Part 3 of the Register pursuant to paragraph (3)(b), the Registrar must send to the person carrying on a retail pharmacy business at the registered pharmacy a statement in writing giving that person notice of the removal and the reasons for it and of the right of appeal to the Appeals Committee under article 40.
(7) The notice under paragraph (6) must be sent—
(a)where the retail pharmacy business is carried on by an individual, to that individual at that individual’s home address in the Register;
(b)where the retail pharmacy business is carried on by a partnership, to that partnership at its principal office; or
(c)where the retail pharmacy business is carried on by a body corporate, to that body corporate at its registered or principal office.
Textual Amendments
F1Art. 29(2) substituted (24.5.2018) by The Pharmacy (Premises Standards, Information Obligations, etc.) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/372), arts. 1(3), 24; S.I. 2018/512, art. 2(1)(b)
F2Words in art. 29(3)(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/593), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 17 (with reg. 12A, Sch. 2 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1394, regs. 4, 10(3)-(7)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Commencement Information
I1Art. 29 in force at 10.2.2010 for specified purposes, see art. 1(3)
I2Art. 29 in force at 27.9.2010 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2010/1621, art. 2(1), Sch.