{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pharmaceutical-services-regulations-2005/regulation-52",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pharmaceutical-services-regulations-2005/regulation-52.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/641",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pharmaceutical-services-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/52",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "52",
  "heading": "Review periods on national disqualification",
  "text": "The period for review of a national disqualification shall be the period specified below instead of that in section 49N(8) (national disqualification) of the Act where the circumstances are that—\n(a) on making a decision to impose a national disqualification, the FHSAA states that it is of the opinion that the criminal or professional conduct of the disqualified person is such that there is no realistic prospect of a further review being successful if held within the period specified in section 49N(8)(a) of the Act, in which case the reference to “two years” in that provision shall be a reference to five years;\n(b) on the last review by the FHSAA of a national disqualification the disqualified person was unsuccessful and the FHSAA states that it is of the opinion that there is no realistic prospect of a further review being successful if held within a period of three years beginning with the date of its decision on that review, in which case the reference to “one year” in section 49N(8)(b) of the Act shall be a reference to three years;\n(c) the FHSAA states that it is of the opinion that because a criminal conviction considered by the FHSAA in reaching its decision has been quashed or the penalty reduced on appeal, there is a need for an immediate review, in which case the reference to “two years” or “one year” in section 49N(8) of the Act shall be a reference to the period that has already elapsed; or\n(d) the FHSAA is of the opinion that because the decision of a licensing or regulatory body has been quashed or the penalty reduced on appeal, there is a need for an immediate review, in which case the reference to “two years” or “one year” in section 49N(8) of the Act shall be a reference to the period that has already elapsed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 49N was inserted by the 2001 Act, section 25 and amended by the 2002 Act, section 2(5) and Schedule 2, Part I , paragraphs 1 and 25 and by the 2003 Act, section 184 and Schedule 11, paragraphs 7 and 24."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2010/22",
      "affecting_title": "The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2010"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/641/regulation/52",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:04:38.912950+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."
}