Paragraph 39 I1

Northern Ireland

(1)

The secure storage at a pharmacy, pending their disposal there or elsewhere, of waste medicines which have been returned to the pharmacy from households or by individuals if –

(a)

the total quantity of such returned waste medicines at the pharmacy does not exceed 5 cubic metres at any time; and

(b)

any waste medicine so returned to the pharmacy is not stored there for longer than six months.

(2)

The secure storage at the premises of a medical, nursing or veterinary practice of waste produced in carrying on that practice if –

(a)

the total quantity of that waste at the premises does not at any time exceed 5 cubic metres; and

(b)

no such waste is stored at those premises for longer than three months.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 2 para. 39 in operation at 19.12.2003, see reg. 1(1)