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The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2000

S.I. 2000/593 · Made 6 March 2000

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NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND

Made 6th March 2000

Laid before Parliament 7th March 2000

Coming into force 1st April 2000

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 41 and 42 of the National Health Service Act 1977f1 hereby makes the following Regulations:—

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Footnotes

f1

1977 c. 49; see section 128(1), as amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”), section 26(2)(g) and (i); and by the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) (“the 1999 Act”), Schedule 4, paragraph 38(2), for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”. Section 41 was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53), sections 1 and 20(1) and Schedule 1, paragraph 53 and Schedule 7; by S.I. 1985/39, article 7(13); by the 1990 Act, Schedule 9, paragraph 18(1) and Schedule 10; by the Medicinal Products: Prescription by Nurses etc. Act 1992 (c. 28), section 2; by the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) (“the 1995 Act”), Schedule 1, paragraph 29; and by the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 46), Schedule 2, paragraph 13. Section 42 was substituted by the National Health Service (Amendment) Act 1986 (c. 66), section 3(1); extended by the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c. 49), section 17, and amended by S.I. 1987/2202, article 4; by the 1990 Act, section 12(3); and by the 1995 Act, Schedule 1, paragraph 30.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and extent
  2. 2Amendment of the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 1992
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and extent

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000.

(2)

These Regulations extend to England onlyf1.

2Amendment of the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 1992

(1)

In the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 1992f1, regulation 2 (interpretation) is amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph (1), in the definition of “prescription form”f2, before “or an NHS trust”, insert “a Primary Care Trust,”.

(3)

In paragraph (1A) (which describes nurse prescribers who may issue prescription forms)f3, in each of sub-head (aa) of sub-paragraph (a)(iii) and sub-head (aa) of sub-paragraph (b)(ii), for “or an NHS trust”, substitute “, an NHS trust or a Primary Care Trust, or by a local authority in connection with arrangements prescribed under section 31(2)(c) of the Health Act 1999f4”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Hunt

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Department of Health

6th March 2000

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 1992 to take account of the role which may be played by Primary Care Trusts (“PCTs”) and local authorities in the provision of primary health care, in consequence of changes made by the Health Act 1999. In particular, they take account of the fact that PCTs may issue prescription forms, and that both PCTs and local authorities may employ nurses who are able to prescribe under the National Health Service. As a result of the transfer of certain functions of the Secretary of State in relation to Wales to the National Assembly for Wales, these amendments apply to England only.