# The Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applications for Registration and Fees) Amendment Regulations 1996

S.I. 1996/3054 · made 4 December 1996

These Regulations further amend the Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applications for Registration and Fees) Regulations 1973 (“the principal Regulations”). Regulation 2(a) increases the fees for registration of premises at which a retail pharmacy business is, or is to be, carried on from £124 to £128 and, where the premises are in Northern Ireland, from £66 to £69. Regulation 2(b) increases subsequent annual fees (retention fees) from £80 to £82 and, where the premises are in Northern Ireland, from £61 to £64. Regulation 2(c) increases the penalty for failure to pay retention fees (payable in circumstances specified in section 76(2) of the Medicines Act 1968) from £256 to £264 and, where the premises are in Northern Ireland, from £189 to £197.

Made under: Medicines Act 1968 (Section 75, Section 76, Section 129)

## Introductory text

MEDICINES
Made 4th December 1996
Laid before Parliament 11th December 1996
Coming into force 1st January 1997
The Secretaries of State concerned with health in England, in Wales and in Scotland and the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, acting jointly as the Health Ministers in exercise of powers conferred on them by sections 75(1), 76(1), (2) and (6) and 129(5) of the Medicines Act 1968 or, as the case may be, those conferred by those provisions and now vested in them, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after consulting, pursuant to section 129(6) of that Act, such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by these Regulations, hereby make the following Regulations:

## 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations, which may be cited as the Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applications for Registration and Fees) Amendment Regulations 1996, come into force on 1st January 1997.

## 2 Amendment of the Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applications for Registration and Fees) Regulations 1973

In regulation 3 (fees) of the Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applications for Registration and Fees) Regulations 1973,
(a) in paragraph (1) (fee for registration of premises), for “£124” there is substituted “£128” and for “£66” (fee where premises are in Northern Ireland) there is substituted “£69”,
(b) in paragraph (2) (retention fee), for “£80” there is substituted “£82” and for “£61” (fee where premises are in Northern Ireland) there is substituted “£64”,
(c) in paragraph (3) (additional sum by way of penalty), for “£256” there is substituted “£264” and for “£189” (sum where premises are in Northern Ireland) there is substituted “£197”.

## 3 Revocation

The Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applications for Registration and Fees) Amendment Regulations 1995 are hereby revoked.

## Signature

Signed by Authority of Secretary of State for Health
Gerald Malone
Minister of State
Department of Health
3rd December 1996
William Hague
Secretary of State for Wales
3rd December 1996
James Douglas-Hamilton
Minister of State, The Scottish Office
4th December 1996
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland this
L.S.
F.A. Elliott
Permanent Secretary
3rd day of December 1996.

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations further amend the Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applications for Registration and Fees) Regulations 1973 (“the principal Regulations”). Regulation 2(a) increases the fees for registration of premises at which a retail pharmacy business is, or is to be, carried on from £124 to £128 and, where the premises are in Northern Ireland, from £66 to £69. Regulation 2(b) increases subsequent annual fees (retention fees) from £80 to £82 and, where the premises are in Northern Ireland, from £61 to £64. Regulation 2(c) increases the penalty for failure to pay retention fees (payable in circumstances specified in section 76(2) of the Medicines Act 1968) from £256 to £264 and, where the premises are in Northern Ireland, from £189 to £197.
These Regulations also revoke the Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applications for Registration and Fees) Amendment Regulations 1995, which increased the fees in the principal Regulations, the effect of which is spent on the coming into force of these Regulations.

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