# Pharmaceutical Services (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009, Regulation 2: Amendment of regulation 2 of the Pharmaceutical Regulations


(1) Regulation 2 of the Pharmaceutical Regulations (interpretation) is amended as follows.
(2) After “the 1997 Order” insert:
““APMS” means Alternative Provider Medical Services arrangements made under Article 56(2)(b) of the Order (primary medical services) for the provision of primary medical services and “APMS contractor” shall be construed accordingly;”
(3) After “the Prescription of Drugs Regulations” insert:
““RBMS” means a Regional Board Medical Services provider under Article 56(2)(a) of the Order (primary medical services) for the provision of primary medical services and “RBMS practice” shall be construed accordingly;”
(4) After paragraph (3) insert the following paragraphs—
“(4) In these Regulations, “emergency requiring the flexible provision of pharmaceutical services” means an emergency declared by means of a direction to the Regional Board under section 6 of the 2009 Act to the effect that, as a result of the threatened damage to human welfare caused or which may be caused by the illness designated in the direction, the Regional Board must for a specified period—
(a) exercise, or
(b) where a discretion is conferred, consider exercising,
one or more of their functions under regulation 6A, 12(7A) or paragraph 4A of Schedule 2 subject to any conditions or limitations set out in the direction.
(5) Where—
(a) a direction of the type mentioned in paragraph (4) is given; and
(b) the Department issues a further direction changing the specified period of the emergency,
the duration of the emergency is to be construed in accordance with the specified period as so changed.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/320/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pharmaceutical-services-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/regulation-2
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