PART 3Registered Pharmacies: Standards in retail pharmacies

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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).