Regulation 19 Transitional arrangements for existing designations

Any designation made under regulation 3 (or varied under regulation 4) of the National Health Service (Local Pharmaceutical Services and Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2002^f1 (designation of priority neighbourhoods or premises), except one that relates to a pilot scheme that is an “ESP pilot scheme” for the purposes of the Local Pharmaceutical Services (Essential Small Pharmacies) Directions 2005—

(a)

shall be treated for all purposes as a designation made or varied under regulation 4 (whether or not it has been made or varied in accordance with the requirements set out in that regulation); and

(b)

accordingly, regulation 4(6) to (9), 5 and 6 shall apply to that designation as those provisions apply to a designation made from 1st April 2006 under regulation 4.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2002/888; relevant amendments were made by S.I. 2002/2469 and 2005/641.