Article 3 Amendment of article 12C of the POM Order

In article 12C of the POM Order (exemption for persons conducting a retail pharmacy business who supply or administer prescription only medicines under a patient group direction)—

(a)

in paragraph (1)—

(i)

after “apply to the” insert “sale or”,

(ii)

for sub-paragraph (a) substitute the following paragraph—

“(a)
the medicine—

(i)
is supplied, or as the case may be, is administered by such a person pursuant to an arrangement made with—
(aa)
a body referred to in article 12A(a) to (d),

(bb)
a force or service referred to in article 12E(1)(a)(i) to (iii), or

(cc)
Her Majesty’s Forces,

for the supply or, as the case may be, the administration of prescription only medicines; or

(ii)
is sold or supplied or, as the case may be, is administered by such a person pursuant to an arrangement made with an authority or person carrying on the business of an establishment or agency referred to in article 12D(1) for the sale or supply or, as the case may be, the administration of prescription only medicines;”, and

(iii)

in sub-paragraph (b), after “medicine is” insert “sold or”; and

(b)

in paragraph (2)—

(i)

in sub-paragraph (a)—

(aa)

after “relates to the” insert “sale or”,

(bb)

after “who” insert “sells or”, and

(cc)

after “medicine is” insert “sold or”, and

(ii)

in sub-paragraph (d), after “medicine is” insert “sold or”.