{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-medicines-regulations-2012/schedule-16/part-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-medicines-regulations-2012/schedule-16/part-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/1916",
  "legislation_title": "The Human Medicines Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-medicines-regulations-2012",
  "path": "schedule/16/part/3",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Persons by whom or on whose behalf a patient group direction used as described in regulation 234 must be signed",
  "text": "Column 1: Force or service by whom or on whose behalf the health care is provided\nColumn 2: Person by whom or on whose behalf direction must be signed\nA police force in England and Wales\nThe chief officer of police for that police force (within the meaning of the Police Act 1996 )\nA police force in Scotland\nThe chief constable of that police force (within the meaning of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967 )\nThe Police Service of Northern Ireland\nThe Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland\nThe prison service in England and Wales\nThe governor of the prison in relation to which the health care in question is being provided\nThe prison service in Scotland\nThe Scottish Prison Service Management Board\nThe prison service in Northern Ireland\nThe Northern Ireland Prison Service Management Board\nHer Majesty's Forces\n(a) the Surgeon General,\n(b) a Medical Director General, or\n(c) a chief executive of an executive agency of the Ministry of Defence\nContractor carrying out helicopter search and rescue operations on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency\nMedical Director of the contractor carrying out search and rescue operations on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 16 Pt. 3 added (E.W.S.) (1.4.2015) by The Human Medicines (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/323), regs. 1, 7(3) and words in Sch. 16 Pt. 3 added (N.I.) (1.4.2015) by The Human Medicines (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.R. 2015/178), regs. 1, 7(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1996 c.16."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1967 c.77."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1916/schedule/16/part/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:24:34.993203+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."
}