{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-local-pharmaceutical-services-etc-regulations-2002/regulation-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-local-pharmaceutical-services-etc-regulations-2002/regulation-31.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/2861",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Local Pharmaceutical Services Etc.) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-local-pharmaceutical-services-etc-regulations-2002",
  "path": "regulation/31",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Amendment of the National Health Service (General Medical Services) Regulations 1992",
  "text": "(1) The National Health Service (General Medical Services) Regulations 1992 are amended as follows.\n(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), for the definition of “chemist” substitute—\n““chemist” means—\n(a) a registered pharmacist;\n(b) a person lawfully conducting a retail pharmacy business in accordance with section 69 of the Medicines Act 1968; or\n(c) a supplier of appliances,\nwho 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;”.\n(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”.\n(4) In Schedule 2 (terms of service for doctors)—\n(a) in paragraph 1 (interpretation), in the definition of “prescription form”, after “pharmaceutical services” insert “or local pharmaceutical services”;\n(b) in paragraph 44—\n(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\n(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\n(c) in paragraph 45(3), after “pharmaceutical services” insert “or local pharmaceutical services”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "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."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/865",
      "affecting_title": "The General Medical Services and Personal Medical Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions Order 2004"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2861/regulation/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:39:51.266971+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}