Regulation 2 Amendment of the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 1992
In the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 1992f1, regulation 2 (interpretation) is amended as follows.
In paragraph (1), in the definition of “prescription form”f2, before “or an NHS trust”, insert “a Primary Care Trust,”.
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”.
Annotations
Footnotes
- f1
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S.I. 1992/662. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1994/2402, 1996/698, 1998/681, 1999/696 and 2000/121.
- f2
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The definition of a “prescription form” was substituted by S.I. 1999/696.
- f3
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Paragraph (1A) was inserted by S.I. 1994/2402 and amended by S.I. 1996/698, 1998/681, 1999/696 and 2000/121.
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1999 c. 8. Section 31(2)(c) empowers the Secretary of State to prescribe arrangements for or in connection with the exercise by a local authority on behalf of an NHS body of prescribed functions of that body, in conjunction with prescribed health-related functions of the authority. Section 31 is brought into force from 1st April 2000 by S.I. 1999/2793.