Inspection and enforcementE+W+S
9.—(1) The Council must make provision in rules relating to—
(a)the intervals at which inspectors may conduct routine inspections of registered pharmacies; and
(b)the circumstances in which inspectors may conduct special inspections of, and other visits to, registered pharmacies.
(2) Rules under paragraph (1) are not to limit an inspector’s power of entry under article 10.
[F1(3) The Council may, in such manner as it sees fit, publish reports of routine inspections, special inspections and other visits to registered pharmacies by inspectors, and the reports may include an account of the outcomes of those inspections and visits.]
[F2(4) If a report that the Council proposes to publish pursuant to paragraph (3) includes personal data, it is to be assumed for the purposes of paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 2 to the Data Protection Act 2018 and paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 11 to that Act (exemptions from certain provisions of the data protection legislation: disclosures required by law) that the disclosure of the personal data is required by paragraph (3) of this article.]
[F3(5) In this article, “personal data” [F4has] the same meaning as in Parts 5 to 7 of that Act (see section 3(2) and (14) of that Act).]
Textual Amendments
F1Art. 9(3)(4) inserted (24.5.2018) by The Pharmacy (Premises Standards, Information Obligations, etc.) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/372), arts. 1(3), 21; S.I. 2018/512, art. 2(1)(b)
F2Art. 9(4) substituted (25.5.2018) by Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12), s. 212(1), Sch. 19 para. 353(2) (with ss. 117, 209, 210); S.I. 2018/625, reg. 2(1)(g)
F3Art. 9(5) inserted (25.5.2018) by Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12), s. 212(1), Sch. 19 para. 353(3) (with ss. 117, 209, 210); S.I. 2018/625, reg. 2(1)(g)
F4Word in art. 9(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/419), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 86 (with Sch. 3 para. 112); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Commencement Information
I1Art. 9 in force at 10.2.2010 for specified purposes, see art. 1(3)
I2Art. 9 in force at 27.9.2010 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2010/1621, art. 2(1), Sch.