SCHEDULE 2Procedures to be followed by Local Health Boards to determine applications under the Regulations

PART 3Applications for inclusion in or amendment to pharmaceutical lists and dispensing doctor lists

Persons and bodies to be notified

9.—(1) The persons and bodies that must be notified by a Local Health Board are—

(a)the Local Pharmaceutical Committee;

(b)the Local Medical Committee;

(c)any person—

(i)included in a pharmaceutical list maintained by it, or

(ii)who has been granted preliminary consent for inclusion in a pharmaceutical list,

whose interests might, in the opinion of the Local Health Board, be significantly affected if the application is granted;

(d)any provider of local pharmaceutical services under a pilot scheme in the area for which the Local Health Board is established whose interests might, in the opinion of the Local Health Board, be significantly affected if the application is granted;

(e)any Community Health Council serving the area of the Local Health Board;

(f)any patient group, consumer group or community group in the area of the Local Health Board that it considers has a significant interest in the provision of pharmaceutical services in the area;

(g)where the premises specified in the application are in a controlled locality, any person (except itself) who is a provider of primary medical services within the Local Health Board’s area or who is included in the dispensing doctor list maintained by the Local Health Board whose interests might, in the opinion of the Local Health Board, be significantly affected if the application is granted;

(h)any Local Health Board or equivalent body any part of whose area is within two kilometres of the premises or the location of the premises specified in the application; and

(i)in the case of an application made under regulation 14 (applications involving minor relocation between neighbouring Local Health Board areas), the Local Health Board from whose area the applicant wishes to relocate.

(2) A Local Health Board notified under sub-paragraph (1)(h) must—

(a)within 14 days of receiving the notification give notice in writing to the persons and bodies specified in sub-paragraph (1)(a) to (g) that are within or that serve the area for which the Local Health Board is established; and

(b)notify the Local Health Board that provided the notification under sub-paragraph (1) that it has provided the notification required by sub-paragraph (2)(a).

(3) An equivalent body notified under sub-paragraph (1)(h) may request the Local Health Board to give notification to such persons in the area for which the equivalent body is established whose interests might in the opinion of the equivalent body, be significantly affected if the application is granted and the Local Health Board must comply with any such request.