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Pharmacy (Northern Ireland) Order 1976

1976/1213 · Made 30 July 1976 · Extends to Northern Ireland

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Sch. 3 para. 8(4)substitutedPharmacy (Premises Standards, Information Obligations, etc.) 2016 art. 15(6)
Sch. 3 para. 8(5)words insertedPharmacy (Premises Standards, Information Obligations, etc.) 2016 art. 15(7)
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Sch. 3 para. 8(10)words substitutedPharmacy (Premises Standards, Information Obligations, etc.) 2016 art. 15(9)
Sch. 3 para. 8(10A)insertedPharmacy (Premises Standards, Information Obligations, etc.) 2016 art. 15(10)
Sch. 3 para. 15(2)(b)words insertedPharmacy (Premises Standards, Information Obligations, etc.) 2016 art. 16(a)
Sch. 3 para. 15(3)(d)(i)words insertedPharmacy (Premises Standards, Information Obligations, etc.) 2016 art. 16(b)(i)
Sch. 3 para. 15(3)(j)(i)word insertedPharmacy (Premises Standards, Information Obligations, etc.) 2016 art. 16(b)(ii)

[30th July 1976]

Contents

  1. Part I: INTRODUCTORY
  2. 1Title and commencement
  3. 2Interpretation
  4. Part II: THE PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF NORTHERN IRELAND
  5. 3The Society
  6. 4The Council
  7. 4AContinuing professional development
  8. 4BThe Council’s duties in respect of publications
  9. 4CAccounts
  10. 4DReports and statistical information
  11. 5Regulations made by the Council: general
  12. Part III: REGISTRATION OF PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTS, DRUGGISTS AND STUDENTS
  13. 6The registers
  14. 7Examinations
  15. 8Qualifications for registration
  16. 8ARelevant European qualifications
  17. 8ZARelevant European qualification: indication in the register
  18. 8AASupplementary provisions as to the necessary knowledge of English
  19. 8BVisiting pharmaceutical chemist from a relevant European State Repealed
  20. 8CProfessional traineeships carried out in other relevant European States, etc. Repealed
  21. 8DEuropean professional card Repealed
  22. 8ETemporary registration in the register of pharmaceutical chemists in certain emergencies
  23. 9The registrar
  24. 9ATemporary extension of prescribing powers in certain emergencies
  25. 10Power of registrar to require information
  26. 11Evidence of qualification to be registered
  27. 11ZZAAppeals: decisions in relation to alerts and European professional cards Repealed
  28. 11ZZBAppeals to the Council under Article 11ZZA Repealed
  29. 11ZARecognition of qualification of exempt persons Repealed
  30. 11AIndemnity arrangements
  31. 12Annual publication of registers
  32. 13Copies of registers to be sent to Pharmacy Inspector, etc.
  33. 14Issue of certificates of registration and penalties for failure to surrender, or abuse of, certificates
  34. 15Retention fees
  35. 16Penalty for falsification of registers
  36. 17Duty of registrar of deaths to give notice of deaths of registered persons
  37. 18Disqualification of persons suffering from disability Repealed
  38. Part IV: DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS
  39. 19The Statutory Committee
  40. 20Fitness to practice
  41. 21Conditions as to the giving of directions by Statutory Committee in case of conviction, etc., of employee Repealed
  42. 22Provisions as to directions given by Statutory Committee and as to appeals Repealed
  43. Part V: MISCELLANEOUS
  44. 22AThe Directive: functions of competent authority, etc. Repealed
  45. 23Dispensing, etc., in public institutions
  46. 24Pharmacy Inspectors
  47. 25Fees
  48. 25ARegulations: procedure
  49. 26Transitional provisions, amendments and repeals
  50. Schedule 1: THE PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF NORTHERN IRELAND
  51. Part I: THE CONSTITUTION OF THE SOCIETY
  52. 1Paragraph 1
  53. 2Paragraph 2
  54. 3Paragraph 3
  55. 4Paragraph 4
  56. 5Paragraph 5
  57. Part II: SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS AS TO THE SOCIETY
  58. The seal
  59. 6Paragraph 6
  60. Officers
  61. 7Paragraph 7
  62. Superannuation, etc.
  63. 8Paragraph 8
  64. Schedule 2
  65. Part THE COUNCIL OF THE SOCIETY: CONSTITUTION OF THE COUNCIL
  66. 1Paragraph 1
  67. 2Paragraph 2
  68. 3Paragraph 3
  69. Schedule 2A Repealed
  70. TABLE IN RESPECT OF TRAINING IN THE FORMER CZECHOSLOVAKIA, THE FORMER SOVIET UNION OR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA Repealed
  71. Schedule 2B Repealed
  72. Part: VISITING PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMIST FROM A RELEVANT EUROPEAN STATE Repealed
  73. 1Application and interpretation Repealed
  74. 2Paragraph 2 Repealed
  75. 3Registration in respect of provision of occasional pharmacy services Repealed
  76. 4Entitlement to provide occasional pharmacy services: first year Repealed
  77. 5First provision of services: required documents Repealed
  78. 5AFirst provision of services: visiting practitioners from Great Britain Repealed
  79. 6Paragraph 6 Repealed
  80. 7Entitlement to provide occasional pharmacy services after first year: renewals Repealed
  81. 8Duration of entitlement to provide occasional pharmacy services Repealed
  82. 9Conditions Repealed
  83. Schedule 2C: Directive 2005/36/EC: European professional card Repealed
  84. Part 1: General Repealed
  85. 1Introductory Repealed
  86. 2Interpretation Repealed
  87. Part 2: General functions of the Society in relation to European professional cards Repealed
  88. 3Society not to request resubmission of valid documents Repealed
  89. 4Power to revoke a European professional card Repealed
  90. 5Rectification of the European professional card or the IMI file Repealed
  91. 6Duty to give reasons and to notify of right of appeal Repealed
  92. 7Updating the IMI file: disciplinary action or criminal sanctions Repealed
  93. 8Access to data Repealed
  94. 9Processing data Repealed
  95. Part 3: European professional cards for establishment in the United Kingdom or another relevant European State Repealed
  96. 10European professional cards for establishment in a host State other than the United Kingdom Repealed
  97. 11Issue of European professional card for establishment in Northern Ireland Repealed
  98. Part 4: European professional cards for the provision of occasional pharmacy services in a relevant European State other than the United Kingdom Repealed
  99. 12Issue of European professional card for the provision of occasional pharmacy services in a host State other than the United Kingdom Repealed
  100. 13Variation of a European professional card for the provision of occasional pharmacy services in a host State other than the United Kingdom Repealed
  101. Part 5: European professional card: requirements and entitlements as to registration Repealed
  102. 14Requirement to register: establishment cases Repealed
  103. 15Entitlement to registration: provision of occasional pharmacy services Repealed
  104. Part 6: Conditions in relation to fitness to practise Repealed
  105. 16Conditions in relation to fitness to practise: providers of occasional pharmacy services Repealed
  106. Schedule 2DThe Directive: Functions of the Society under Article 22A Repealed
  107. Schedule 3
  108. Part FITNESS TO PRACTISE
  109. 1Standards of conduct and performance
  110. 2Disclosure of information: general
  111. 3Disclosure of fitness to practise matters in the public interest
  112. 4Impairment of fitness to practise
  113. 5Initial action in respect of allegations
  114. 6Consideration by the Scrutiny Committee
  115. 7Consideration by the Statutory Committee
  116. 8Interim Orders
  117. 9Restoration of names to the Register: fitness to practise
  118. 10Appeals against appealable fitness to practise decisions
  119. 11The taking effect of directions in respect of appealable fitness to practise decisions
  120. 12Interim measures pending a direction taking effect
  121. 13Registrar giving effect to directions or orders of the Statutory Committee or the High Court
  122. 14Voluntary removal from the register
  123. 15Regulations in respect of proceedings
  124. 16Procedure for the Statutory Committee
  125. 17Legal advisers
  126. 18Clinical and other specialist advisers
  127. Schedule 4: TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
  128. 1Paragraph 1
  129. 2Paragraph 2
  130. 3Paragraph 3
  131. 4Paragraph 4
  132. 5Paragraph 5
  133. 6Paragraph 6
  134. 7Paragraph 7
  135. Schedule Schedule
  136. Schedule Schedule