[F1PNA based applications for new premises offering additional or different opening hoursU.K.
21A.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies where the NHSCB receives a routine application which is in respect of premises not already listed, where—
(a)the applicant’s stated intention (in accordance with paragraph 7(1)(a) of Schedule 2) is to meet a need, or secure improvements or better access, identified in the relevant pharmaceutical needs assessment (whether current or future gaps in provision); and
(b)the need is, or the improvements are or the better access is, in respect of the days on which or the times at which essential services are provided in the area of the relevant HWB.
(2) In determining whether or not it is satisfied as mentioned in section 129(2A) of the 2006 Act (regulations as to pharmaceutical services), the NHSCB must have regard to whether granting the application would result in an undesirable increase in the availability of essential services in the area of the relevant HWB.
(3) If the NHSCB is satisfied that granting the application would result in the undesirable increase in availability mentioned in paragraph (2), it must refuse the application.]