Regulation 5 Amendments to regulation 8

at the appropriate places insert—

• ““dispensing content for patients”, in relation to an internet service, means content communicated publicly by an internet service provider as part of an internet service (for example, on a website) which is relevant to the dispensing of orders for the supply of medicinal products;”;

• ““general practitioner” means a medical practitioner who is included in the General Practitioner Register kept under section 34C of the Medical Act 1983^f2;”;

• ““internet service” means a service made publicly available by means of the internet, which includes a service made publicly available by means of a combination of the internet and an electronic communications service or electronic communications network (within the meanings given to those expressions in section 32 of the Communications Act 2003^f3);”;

• ““medicinal products on a general sale list” means medicinal products subject to general sale, as provided for by regulation 5(1)(a) (and related expressions are to be construed accordingly);”;

• ““NHS dispensing practice” means the business as part of which NHS pharmaceutical services are provided by general practitioners;”; and

• ““NHS pharmaceutical services” means—

  1. (a)

     in England, pharmaceutical services under Part 7 of the National Health Service Act 2006^f4;

  2. (b)

     in Wales, pharmaceutical services under Part 7 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006^f5;

  3. (c)

     in Scotland, pharmaceutical services under Part 2 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978^f6;

  4. (d)

     in Northern Ireland, pharmaceutical services under Part 6 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972^f7;”; and

in the definition of “retail pharmacy business”, for “or dentist)” substitute “, any other professional practice which is an NHS dispensing practice or a professional practice carried on by a dentist)”.