Regulation 3 New regulation 6A of the Pharmaceutical Regulations

After regulation 6, insert the following regulation—

“Temporary relocations and additional premises during an emergency requiring the flexible provision of pharmaceutical services

6A.

(1)

Regulations 6(2)(b), 6(4) and (4A) shall not apply to an application for a temporary amendment to the pharmaceutical list which the Regional Board is satisfied is necessary or desirable because of an emergency requiring the flexible provision of pharmaceutical services.

(2)

In the circumstances described in paragraph (1), the Regional Board may make a temporary amendment to an entry in the pharmaceutical list, but—

(a)

only for a specified period (which shall not be longer than the period of the emergency specified in the direction given by the Department) which the Regional Board may extend or curtail in appropriate circumstances; and

(b)

the applicant may revert to the applicant’s overridden entry in the pharmaceutical list before the end of the period specified by the Regional Board, on giving the Regional Board at least 24 hours notice.

(3)

There is no right of appeal under these Regulations in respect of a decision to make or not to make, or to curtail the duration of, a temporary amendment to a pharmaceutical list made under this regulation.”.