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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-human-medicines-authorisation-by-pharmacists-and-supervision-by-pharmacy-technicians-order-2025/article-9",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2025/9780348274202",
  "legislation_title": "The Human Medicines (Authorisation by Pharmacists and Supervision by Pharmacy Technicians) Order 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-human-medicines-authorisation-by-pharmacists-and-supervision-by-pharmacy-technicians-order-2025",
  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Consequential amendments to the Misuse of Drugs (Safe Custody) Regulations 1973",
  "text": "(1) The Misuse of Drugs (Safe Custody) Regulations 1973 are amended as follows.\n(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), in paragraph (1)—\n(a) at the appropriate place insert—\n““pharmacy technician” means a person registered in Part 2 of the register of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians maintained under article 19(1) and (2) of the Pharmacy Order 2010;”; and\n(b) in the definition of “retail dealer” after “pharmacist” insert “or pharmacy technician”.\n(3) In regulation 3 (which relates to safe custody of controlled drugs at retail pharmacy premises and care homes), in paragraph (4)(a), after “in force” insert “or a pharmacy technician designated by such a pharmacist as a person who may have the controlled drug under their direct personal supervision on the premises”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1973/798."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Regulation 2 has been amended by S.I. 2007/2154 and 2011/2581."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2025/9780348274202/article/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:38:47.073227+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}