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Regulation 31 Amendment of the National Health Service (General Medical Services) Regulations 1992

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

The National Health Service (General Medical Services) Regulations 1992f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 2 (interpretation), for the definition of “chemist” substitute—

  • ““chemist” means—

    1. (a)

      a registered pharmacist;

    2. (b)

      a person lawfully conducting a retail pharmacy business in accordance with section 69 of the Medicines Act 1968; or

    3. (c)

      a supplier of appliances,

    who is included in the list of a Primary Care Trust or Health Authority under section 42 of the Act, or who provides local pharmaceutical services in accordance with LPS arrangements;”.

(3)

In regulation 36 (determination of question whether a substance is a drug, and recovery of cost), in paragraphs (1), (7)(b), (8) and (17), after “pharmaceutical services” insert “or local pharmaceutical services”.

(4)

In Schedule 2 (terms of service for doctors)—

(a)

in paragraph 1 (interpretation), in the definition of “prescription form”, after “pharmaceutical services” insert “or local pharmaceutical services”;

(b)

in paragraph 44—

(i)

in sub-paragraph (1), after “Schedule 10 to these Regulations” insert “(whether for supply as part of pharmaceutical services or local pharmaceutical services)”, and

(ii)

in sub-paragraph (2), after “Schedule 11 to these Regulations” insert “(whether for supply as part of pharmaceutical services or local pharmaceutical services)”; and

(c)

in paragraph 45(3), after “pharmaceutical services” insert “or local pharmaceutical services”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1992/635; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1995/3093, 1996/702, 1997/730, 1997/2468, 1998/682, 1998/2838, 1999/326, 2001/2890 and 2002/2469.