{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-personal-social-services-northern-ireland-order-1972/article-64",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-personal-social-services-northern-ireland-order-1972/article-64.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1972/1265",
  "legislation_title": "Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-personal-social-services-northern-ireland-order-1972",
  "path": "article/64",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "64",
  "heading": "Persons authorised to provide pharmaceutical services",
  "text": "(1) Except as provided by or under regulations, an arrangement shall not be made by the Department —\n(a) with a medical or dental practitioner, under which he is required or agrees to provide pharmaceutical services to any person to whom he is rendering primary medical services or general dental services; or\n(b) with a person who is not a pharmacist, for the dispensing of medicines.\n(1A) Regulations shall provide for the preparation and publication by the Department of one or more lists of medical practitioners who are required or agree to provide drugs, medicines or listed appliances ....\n(1B) In paragraph (1A) “listed” has the same meaning as in Article 63.\n(1C) The regulations shall include provision for the removal of an entry from a list in prescribed circumstances.\n(2) No arrangements for the provision of pharmaceutical services falling within Article 63(1)(c), or additional pharmaceutical services provided in accordance with ... Article 63A, shall be made with persons other than those who are pharmacists or are of a prescribed description.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1991 NI 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "1986 NI 20"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in art. 64(1) substituted (1.4.2022) by Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 3), s. 8(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 36(2); S.R. 2022/102, art. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "2004 NI 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "1997 NI 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in art. 64(1A) substituted (1.4.2022) by Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 3), s. 8(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 36(2); S.R. 2022/102, art. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in art. 64(1A) omitted (1.4.2022) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 3), s. 8(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 36(3); S.R. 2022/102, art. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "1991 NI 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "1997 NI 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in art. 64(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. 36(4); S.R. 2022/102, art. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1972/1265/article/64",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:54:41.031010+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."
}