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”) as follows—
regulation 2(a) increases the fees for registration of premises at which a retail pharmacy business is, or is to be, carried on from £156 to £163 (where the premises are in Great Britain) and from £83 to £86 (where the premises are in Northern Ireland);
regulation 2(b) increases subsequent annual fees (retention fees) from £101 to £125 (where the premises are in Great Britain) and from £92 to £112 (where the premises are in Northern Ireland);
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 £323 to £336 (where the premises are in Great Britain) and from £240 to £250 (where the premises are in Northern Ireland).
These Regulations also revoke the Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applications for Registration and Fees) Amendment Regulations 2002, which increased the fees in the principal Regulations, the effect of which is spent on the coming into force of these Regulations.
A Regulatory Impact Assessment in relation to these Regulations has been placed in the libraries of both Houses of Parliament, and copies can be obtained from the Department of Health, Pharmacy and Prescriptions Branch, Room 160, Richmond House, 79 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2NS.