{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-pharmacists-and-pharmacy-technicians-order-2007/article-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-pharmacists-and-pharmacy-technicians-order-2007/article-20.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2007/0110754611",
  "legislation_title": "The Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-pharmacists-and-pharmacy-technicians-order-2007",
  "path": "article/20",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Offences relating to the Register of Pharmacists",
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence if—\n(a) he falsely represents that—\n(i) he is registered in the Register of Pharmacists,\n(ii) he is registered in a particular part of the Register of Pharmacists, or\n(iii) his registration in the Register of Pharmacists has a particular annotation; or\n(b) he uses—\n(i) the title “registered pharmacist” without being registered in the Register of Pharmacists, or\n(ii) a title in respect of a particular annotation, which is a prescribed specialist title, where he does not have an entry in the Register of Pharmacists with that particular annotation.\n(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b)(ii), “prescribed specialist title” means a title for a pharmacist which the Council prescribes as being a title that is only to be used by a registrant with a particular annotation.\n(3) A person commits an offence if he practises as a pharmacist whilst being registered in Part 2 of the Register of Pharmacists.\n(4) A person who exhibits any certificate purporting to be a certificate of registration issued under—\n(a) article 32 in respect of a registered pharmacist but which is not a certificate of registration issued under that article in respect of a registered pharmacist; or\n(b) one of the Pharmacy Acts in respect of a pharmaceutical chemist but which is not a certificate of registration issued under one of those Acts in respect of a pharmaceutical chemist,\ncommits an offence.\n(5) If a person—\n(a) uses, or lends to or allows to be used by any other person, a certificate of registration in respect of a pharmacist or pharmaceutical chemist (whether issued under article 32 or one of the Pharmacy Acts); or\n(b) makes or has in his possession any document closely resembling such a certificate,\nfor fraudulent purposes, he commits an offence.\n(6) Any person who commits an offence under—\n(a) paragraph (1) or (3) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale; or\n(b) paragraph (4) or (5) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2007/0110754611/article/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:20:34.367641+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."
}