{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pharmacy-northern-ireland-order-1976/article-25A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pharmacy-northern-ireland-order-1976/article-25A.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1976/1213",
  "legislation_title": "Pharmacy (Northern Ireland) Order 1976",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pharmacy-northern-ireland-order-1976",
  "path": "article/25A",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "25A",
  "heading": "Regulations: procedure",
  "text": "(1) Regulations made under this Order shall be subject to negative resolution.\n(2) Regulations made by the Council under this Order shall not come into operation unless and until they are approved by the Department.\n(3) Before making regulations under section 72A of the Medicines Act 1968 the Council must publish draft regulations and invite representations to be made to it about the draft by—\n(a) the Department; and\n(b) any other persons appearing to it appropriate to consult about the draft.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 25A inserted (1.10.2012) by The Pharmacy (1976 Order) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012/308), arts. 1(1), 9 (with Sch. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 25A(3) inserted (1.12.2022) by The Pharmacy (Responsible Pharmacists, Superintendent Pharmacists etc.) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/849), art. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 9; S.I. 2022/1023, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "applied by 1968 c. 67 s. 84B (as inserted)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2016/372",
      "affecting_title": "The Pharmacy (Premises Standards, Information Obligations, etc.) Order 2016"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1976/1213/article/25A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:53:42.465894+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."
}