Paragraph 11 Pharmacy Order 2010

(1)

Article 21 (pre-entry requirements in respect of qualifications and additional education, training or experience: pharmacists)^f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph (1)—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (a), omit the words from “(and” to the end;

(b)

omit sub-paragraph (b);

(c)

omit sub-paragraph (c) (but not the final “or”);

(d)

in sub-paragraph (d)—

(i)

in the words before paragraph (i), omit “subject to paragraph (2),”;

(ii)

omit paragraph (ii)(aa) (including the final “or”);

(iii)

in paragraph (ii)(bb), omit “whether or not P is an exempt person,”.

(3)

After paragraph (1), insert—

“(1A)

A relevant European qualification is to be treated as a qualification which has been approved under paragraph (1)(d)(i).

(1B)

In this article “relevant European qualification” means—

(a)

a qualification that falls within article 21A and has not been designated by the Council for the purposes of this sub-paragraph, or

(b)

a qualification in pharmacy that does not fall within article 21A but—

(i)

was granted in a relevant European State, and

(ii)

attests, in the opinion of the Council, to a comparable standard of proficiency to that attested to by a qualification approved under paragraph (1)(a).

(1C)

The Council—

(a)

may designate a qualification for the purposes of paragraph (1B)(a) only with the approval of the Privy Council;

(b)

must maintain and publish a list of the qualifications that are so designated.”.

(4)

Omit paragraphs (2) to (5).

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Relevant amending instrument is 2016/1030.