Amendment of regulation 10

11.  In regulation 10 (possession of drugs in Schedules 2, 3 and 4)—

(a)in paragraph (1)(d) omit “which is contained in a medicinal product”;

(b)for paragraph (1)(e) substitute—

(e)a person specified in regulation 8(7), regulation 8(8)(a), regulation 9(7) or regulation 9(8) may have in her possession any drug specified in those regulations in accordance with the conditions specified in those regulations,;

(c)in paragraph (2) for “or a nurse independent prescriber, except that this paragraph shall not have effect in the case of a person to whom the drug has been supplied by or on the prescription of a doctor, a supplementary prescriber or a nurse independent prescriber” substitute “, a nurse independent prescriber or a pharmacist independent prescriber, except that this paragraph shall not have effect in the case of a person to whom the drug has been supplied by or on the prescription of a doctor, a supplementary prescriber, a nurse independent prescriber, a pharmacist independent prescriber or a person specified in Schedule 8 acting in accordance with a patient group direction”; and

(d)in paragraph (2)(a) for “or another nurse independent prescriber and failed to disclose that fact to the first mentioned doctor, supplementary prescriber or nurse independent prescriber” substitute “, another nurse independent prescriber, another pharmacist independent prescriber or another person specified in Schedule 8 acting in accordance with a patient group direction and failed to disclose that fact to the first mentioned doctor, supplementary prescriber, nurse independent prescriber, pharmacist independent prescriber or person specified in Schedule 8 acting in accordance with a patient group direction”.