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Article 63 Arrangements for pharmaceutical servicesF1

Northern Ireland

[F2 (1) F3The Department shall, in accordance with regulations, make arrangements F4... for theF5 provision to persons ... of—

  1. (a)

    proper and sufficient drugs and medicines and listed appliances which are ordered for those persons by a medical practitioner in pursuance of his functions—

    1. (i)

      in providing any service in pursuance of this Order; or

    2. (ii)

      in the F6health care established in pursuance of section 1 of the National Health Service Act 1977 1977 c.49 or section 1 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 1978 c.29; or

    3. (iii)

      in the armed forces of the Crown (excluding forces of a Commonwealth country and forces raised in a colony);F7. . .

  2. (b)

    listed drugs and medicines which are ordered for those persons by a dental practitioner in pursuance of such functions;F8. . .

  3. (bb)

    F9listed drugs and medicines and listed appliances which are ordered for those persons byF10 a pharmacist or a prescribed description of registered nurse, midwife or health visitor in pursuance of such functions; and

  4. (c)

    F11such services as may be prescribed;

F12and the services provided in accordance with the arrangements are, together with additional pharmaceutical services provided in accordance with F13arrangements under Article 63A, referred to in this Order as “pharmaceutical services”.

F14(2)

Regulations shall provide for securing that arrangements made by F15the Department under paragraph (1) will enable persons F16... for whom drugs, medicines or appliances mentioned in that paragraph are ordered as there mentionedF17, or to whom services mentioned in paragraph (1)(c) are to be provided to receive them from persons with whom such arrangements have been made.

(2A)

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(2B)

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(2C)

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(2D)

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(3)

Before making any regulations under this Article, the Ministry shall consult such organisations as appear to the Minister to be representative of the pharmaceutical profession.

F19[(4

In this Article “listed” means included in a list for the time being approved for the purposes of this Article by the Department.]

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

mod. by SR 2004/259

F2

1978 NI 26

F3

Words in art. 63(1) substituted (1.4.2022) by Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 3), s. 8(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 33(2)(a); S.R. 2022/102, art. 2(b)

F4

Words in art. 63(1) omitted (1.4.2022) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 3), s. 8(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 33(2)(b); S.R. 2022/102, art. 2(b)

F5

1991 NI 1

F6

Words in Order substituted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), s. 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 1(1)(b); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2

F7

1992 NI 18

F8

1992 NI 18

F9

1992 NI 18

F10

2003 NI 9

F11

1991 NI 1

F12

1997 NI 7

F13

Word in art. 63(1) substituted (1.4.2022) by Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 3), s. 8(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 33(2)(c); S.R. 2022/102, art. 2(b)

F14

1986 NI 20

F15

Words in art. 63(2) substituted (1.4.2022) by Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 3), s. 8(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 33(3)(a); S.R. 2022/102, art. 2(b)

F16

Words in art. 63(2) omitted (1.4.2022) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 3), s. 8(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 33(3)(b); S.R. 2022/102, art. 2(b)

F17

1991 NI 1

F18

Art. 63(2A)-(2D) repealed (26.3.2008) by Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 2), ss. 10(2), 18(1)(a)(c), Sch. 2 Pt. 1

F19

1978 NI 26

Notes on Chapter

Textual amendments

F1

Art. 63 cross-heading inserted (26.3.2008) by Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 2), ss. 10(1), 18(1)(a)