Introductory text

Healthcare And Associated Professions

Pharmacy

Made 19th October 2016

Laid before Parliament 21st October 2016

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 21st October 2016

Coming into force 21st November 2016

At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 19th day of October 2016

By the Lords of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council

The General Pharmaceutical Council^f1 has made the General Pharmaceutical Council (Amendment of Miscellaneous Provisions) Rules 2016 which are set out in the Schedule to this Order, in exercise of the powers conferred by articles 23(1), 27(1), 32(4), (5) and (6), 37(3), 52(1) and (2), 55A(1) and (3), 57(3), 61(1) and (3)(h) and 66(1) of, and paragraph 5(1)(a) of Schedule 1 to, the Pharmacy Order 2010^f2.

In accordance with article 66(3) of that Order, the General Pharmaceutical Council has, in relation to rules under Parts 4, 6 and 7 of that Order, consulted such persons and organisations as it considered appropriate including the persons and organisations listed in sub-paragraphs (a) to (h) of article 66(3) of that Order^f3.

By virtue of article 66(4) of that Order, such rules cannot come into force until approved by order of the Privy Council.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: The Council was established by article 4 of the Pharmacy Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/231) (“the Pharmacy Order”).
f2: Article 32 was substituted by S.I. 2014/1887. Article 55A was inserted, and article 61(3)(h) was amended, by S.I. 2015/806. See article 3(1) of the Pharmacy Order for the definition of “prescribed” which is relevant to the powers being exercised in the making of the Rules set out in the Schedule to this Order.
f3: Article 66(3)(a) was amended by S.I. 2013/235.