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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-pharmaceutical-council-registration-rules-order-of-council-2010/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2010/1617",
  "legislation_title": "The General Pharmaceutical Council (Registration Rules) Order of Council 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-pharmaceutical-council-registration-rules-order-of-council-2010",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Health Care And Associated Professions\nPharmacy\nMade 28th June 2010\nLaid before Parliament 5th July 2010\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 5th July 2010\nComing into force 27th September 2010\nAt the Council Chamber Whitehall, the 28th day of June 2010\nBy the Lords of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council\nThe General Pharmaceutical Council has made the General Pharmaceutical Council (Registration) Rules 2010, which are set out in the Schedule to this Order, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 74A(6) and (7), 74B(2), 74C(4), 74E(2), 74G(2) and 74I(3) of the Medicines Act 1968 and articles 19(3) and (4), 23(1), 25(3), 27(1), 28(1), 29(4), 30(2) and (4), 31(1), 36(1) and (3), 37(3) and 66(1) of the Pharmacy Order 2010.\nIn accordance with article 66(3) of that Order, the General Pharmaceutical Council has, in relation to rules under Part 4 of that Order, consulted such persons and organisations as it considered appropriate including the organisations listed in paragraphs (a) to (h) of article 66(3) of that Order.\nBy virtue of article 66(4) of that Order, such rules cannot come into force until approved by order of the Privy Council.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The Council was established by article 4 of the Pharmacy Order 2010 (S.I.2010/231)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1968 c.67. Sections 74A to 74L of the Act were inserted by paragraph 1(8), and section 84A was inserted by paragraph 1(16), of Schedule 4 to the Pharmacy Order 2010."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See article 3(1) of the Pharmacy Order 2010 for the meaning of “prescribed”."
    }
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  "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."
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