Paragraph 2

(1)

The Medicines (Pharmacy and General Sale – Exemption) Order 1980^f1 shall be amended as provided in this paragraph.

(2)

In article 4B (exemption for health professionals who supply medicinal products under a Patient Group Direction in order to assist doctors or dentists in providing national health services)^f2—

(a)

in paragraph (2)(d)(ii)—

(i)

after “health authority” insert “or Primary Care Trust”,

(ii)

before sub-paragraph (a), insert—

“(aa)

in the case of the provision of primary medical services, with which a contract or agreement for the provision of those services has been made or which provides the services itself;”,

(iii)

in sub-paragraph (a), omit “general medical services”, and

(iv)

in sub-paragraph (b), for “which is a party to the pilot scheme under which those services are provided” substitute “provided under a pilot scheme, which is a party to that pilot scheme”; and

(b)

in paragraph (3), for sub-paragraph (b)(i) substitute—

“(i)

in relation to England and Wales, the provision of primary medical services under Part I of the National Health Service Act 1977;”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1980/1924.
f2: Article 4B was inserted by S.I. 2000/1919.