{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-pharmacists-and-pharmacy-technicians-order-2007/article-55",
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  "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/55",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "55",
  "heading": "Restoration of names to the register: fitness to practise",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2)—\n(a) a person whose name has been removed from one or both of the Society’s registers in accordance with a direction under article 52(3)(b) or (4)(a)(i) or (b)(iv) may apply to the Registrar for his name to be restored to any register from which he has been removed; and\n(b) the Registrar shall refer that application to the Disciplinary Committee.\n(2) An application may not be made under paragraph (1)—\n(a) before the expiration of five years from the date of removal; or\n(b) within 12 months of the date of an earlier application under paragraph (1) in respect of that person.\n(3) The Council may make such provision in rules in connection with applications for restoration by virtue of paragraph (1) as it considers appropriate, and may in particular make provision with regard to—\n(a) the form and manner in which applications for restoration are to be made (and the rules may provide that applicants shall apply using application forms that are in such form as the Council may determine from time to time);\n(b) the information to be provided by the applicant, including—\n(i) the name under which he intends to practise, or in the case of a person who does not intend to practise, the name by which he is generally known, and\n(ii) his home address;\n(c) whether any, and if so what, additional education, training or continuing professional development is required before restoration, and the rules may make provision for these issues to be determined in individual cases by the Continuing Professional Development Committee;\n(d) fitness to practise matters; and\n(e) refusal of applications (including where the applicant has not paid the fee prescribed under article 40(1)(a)).\n(4) An application under this article shall not be granted unless the person applying for his name to be restored to the register provides such evidence of his fitness to practise as the Disciplinary Committee directs.\n(5) Where the Disciplinary Committee refuses an application for restoration to one of the Society’s registers, the Registrar shall send to the applicant at his last known home address a statement in writing notifying him of the reasons for the decision.\n(6) If the Disciplinary Committee grants the application, it may give a direction that the person’s registration shall be conditional upon his compliance, during a period specified in the direction not exceeding 3 years, with such requirements specified in the direction as the Committee thinks fit to impose for the protection of the public or in the person’s interests.\n(7) Where the Disciplinary Committee gives a direction under paragraph (6), that direction shall, for the purposes of article 52(4), be treated as a direction under article 52.\n(8) If the application under this article relates to both of the Society’s registers, the Disciplinary Committee—\n(a) shall make separate determinations under this article in relation to each register; and\n(b) may give a direction under paragraph (6) in relation to only one of the registers or different directions in relation to each register,\nbut may otherwise deal with the matter as a single case.\n(9) If, during a continuous period when a person is not registered, a person makes two or more applications under this article in respect of a register and the applications are refused, the Disciplinary Committee may direct that he may make no further applications under this article in respect of that register (if the applications related to both registers and the applicant has been restored to neither register, the direction may cover both registers).\n(10) If the Disciplinary Committee gives a direction under paragraph (6) or (9), the Registrar shall on its behalf send to the person concerned at his last known home address a statement in writing notifying him of—\n(a) the reasons for the direction; and\n(b) his right of appeal under article 56.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2007/0110754611/article/55",
    "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."
}