Explanatory note

These regulations amend the Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applications for Registration and Fees) Regulations 1973. They increase the fees for registration of premises at which a retail pharmacy business is or is to be carried on, the subsequent annual fees (retention fees) and the penalty (payable in circumstances specified in section 76(2) of the Medicines Act 1968) for failure to pay retention fees. They also remove a transitional provision (now spent) as to payment of fees in certain circumstances where an applicant for registration should have applied by 31st December 1974 but failed to do so.