# The National Health Service (Local Pharmaceutical Services etc.) Regulations 2006, Paragraph 2: Amendment of regulation 2


In regulation 2 (interpretation), in paragraph (1)—
(a) in the definition of “batch issue” for from “set out” to “June 2004,” substitute “required by the NHS Business Services Authority,”;
(b) after the definition of “equivalent lists”, insert the following definition—
““ESP pilot scheme” means an Essential Small Pharmacies Local Pharmaceutical Services pilot scheme;”;
(c) for the definition of “local pharmaceutical services”, substitute the following definition—
““local pharmaceutical services” means local pharmaceutical services under—
(a) an LPS scheme established under paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 8A to the Act; or
(b) an ESP pilot scheme;”;
(d) in the definition of “LPS chemist”, after “a pharmacy pilot scheme”, insert “or an LPS scheme”;
(e) after the definition of “LPS chemist”, insert the following definition—
““LPS scheme” has the same meaning as in paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 8A of the Act;”;
(f) in the definition of “National Health Service Counter Fraud and Security Management Service”, after “in the National Health Service” add “, which was replaced on 1st April 2006 by the NHS Business Services Authority”;
(g) after the definition of “National Health Service Counter Fraud and Security Management Service” insert the following definition—
““NHS Business Services Authority” means the NHS Business Services Authority (Awdurdod Gwasanaethau Busnes y GIG) established by the NHS Business Services Authority (Awdurdod Gwasanaethau Busnes y GIG) (Establishment and Constitution) Order 2005;”;
(h) in the definition of “pharmacy”, at the end of paragraph (a) omit “or” and after paragraph (b)(ii) add—
“; or
(c) in accordance with an LPS scheme.”;
(i) in the definition of “repeatable prescription” for from “set out” to “June 2004,” substitute “required by the NHS Business Services Authority,”; and
(j) in the definition of “supplementary prescriber”—
(i) substitute a comma for “. or” at the end of paragraph (a)(iii),
(ii) substitute “, or” for “; and” at the end of paragraph (a)(iv)(cc), and
(iii) in paragraph (a), after sub-paragraph (iv) add the following sub-paragraph—
“(v) the register of optometrists maintained by the General Optical Council in pursuance of section 7 of the Opticians Act 1989; and”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/552/schedule/3/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-local-pharmaceutical-services-etc-regulations-2006/schedule-3/paragraph-2
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