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PART 5Amendments to Schedule 3 to the 2013 Regulations

Amendment to paragraph 14

107.  In paragraph 14 (supply by suitably qualified person)—

(a)for “approved”, in each place it occurs, substitute “authorised”;

(b)for “approval”, in each place it occurs, substitute “authorisation”;

(c)for sub-paragraph (5) substitute—

(5) A suitably qualified person who supplies a product classified as POM-VPS or NFA-VPS must be present when it is handed over unless the suitably qualified person—

(a)authorises each transaction individually before the product is supplied; and

(b)is satisfied that the person handing it over is competent to do so.;

(d)in sub-paragraph (7), after “suitably qualified persons” insert “and bodies recognised under this paragraph”;

(e)after sub-paragraph (10) insert—

(11) The Secretary of State must, from time to time, inspect premises authorised under sub-paragraph (4)(a) basing the frequency of the inspection on the risks associated with each premises’ history and the nature of the products handled at the premises.

(12) The Secretary of State may suspend or revoke recognition of a body mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) where the body fails to comply with a provision of any Code of Practice issued under this paragraph..