2010 No. 299 (C. 24)

Health Care And Associated Professions

The Pharmacy Order 2010 (Commencement No. 1) Order of Council 2010

Made

Laid before Parliament

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

Coming into force

At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 11th day of February 2010

By the Lords of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council

Their Lordships make the following Order of Council in exercise of the power conferred by article 1(5) of the Pharmacy Order 20101.

Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Pharmacy Order 2010 (Commencement No.1) Order of Council 2010 and comes into force on 12th March 2010.

Appointed day2

The day appointed for the coming into force of paragraph 12(b) of Schedule 4 to the Pharmacy Order 2010 is 12th March 2010.

Judith SimpsonClerk of the Privy Council
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 12th March 2010 the amendment to Schedule 6 to the Health Act 2006 (c.28) that is made by paragraph 12(b) of Schedule 4 to the Pharmacy Order 2010 (“the Order”). This amendment enables the Appointments Commission to exercise the Privy Council’s functions under paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 1 to the Order to appoint members of the General Pharmaceutical Council.