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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-pharmacies-applications-for-registration-and-fees-amendment-regulations-1997/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/2876",
  "legislation_title": "The Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applications for Registration and Fees) Amendment Regulations 1997",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese 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 £128 to £131 and, where the premises are in Northern Ireland, from £69 to £71. Regulation 2(b) increases subsequent annual fees (retention fees) from £82 to £84 and, where the premises are in Northern Ireland, from £64 to £66. 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 £264 to £270 and, where the premises are in Northern Ireland, from £197 to £202.\nThese Regulations also revoke the Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applications for Registration and Fees) Amendment Regulations 1996, 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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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2876/note",
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  "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."
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