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“the Council” means the Council of the Pharmaceutical Society;
“the registrar” in relation to Great Britain means the person appointed under section 1 of the M1Pharmacy Act 1954 as registrar for the purposes of that Act, and in relation to Northern Ireland means the person appointed under [F2Article 9(1) of the M2Pharmacy (Northern Ireland) Order 1976] as registrar for the purposes of that Act;
“the Statutory Committee” in relation to Great Britain means the committee appointed under section 7 of the Pharmacy Act 1954, and in relation to Northern Ireland means the committee appointed under [F3Article 19 of the Pharmacy (Northern Ireland) Order 1976].
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F1Definition in s. 69(3) repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt.XIIF2Words substituted by (E.W.)(S.) S.I. 1977/1050, art. 2(2) and (N.I.) S.R. 1977 No. 170, reg. 3F3Words substituted by S.I. 1976/1213 (N.I. 22), Sch. 5 para. 4Marginal CitationsM11954 c. 61. M2S.I. 1976/1213 (N.I. 22) 70 Business carried on by individual pharmacist or by partners.E+W+S+N.I.(1)Subject to the next following subsection, the conditions referred to in section 69(1)(a) of this Act are that, at all premises where the business is carried on and medicinal products, other than medicinal products on a general sale list, are sold by retail—
(a)the business, so far as concerns the retail sale at those premises of medicinal products (whether they are medicinal products on a general sale list or not), or the supply at those premises of such products in circumstances corresponding to retail sale, is under the personal control of the person carrying on the business or that of another pharmacist, and
(b)his name and certificate of registration or those of the other pharmacist, as the case may be, are conspicuously exhibited,
[F4and that it is the personal control of persons none of whom is a pharmacist by virtue of section 4A of the Pharmacy Act 1954 (qualification by European diploma), [F5or Article 8(2)(c) of the Pharmacy (Northern Ireland) Order 1976], which fulfils the condition imposed by virtue of paragraph (a) above in relation to such of those premises . . . F6 as have been registered pharmacies for less than three years.]
(2)In relation to a business carried on by a partnership the preceding subsection shall have effect as if—
(a)in paragraph (a) of that subsection, for the word “person", there were substituted the words “one or more of the partners", and
(b)in paragraph (b) of that subsection, for the words “his name and certificate of registration", there were substituted the words “the name and certificate of registration of the partner (or, if more than one, of each partner) exercising personal control at those premises as mentioned in the preceding paragraph".
In the application of this subsection to Scotland, for paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—
“a)in paragraph (a) of that subsection, for the words “the person carrying on the business" there were substituted the words “one or more of the partners who are pharmacists", and”
(3)In this section and in sections 71 and 72 of this Act “certificate of registration” in relation to Great Britain means a certificate of registration under the M3Pharmacy Act 1954, and in relation to Northern Ireland means a certificate of registration within the meaning of [F7the M4Pharmacy (Northern Ireland) Order 1976].
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(a)the business, so far as concerns the retail sale at those premises of medicinal products (whether they are medicinal products on a general sale list or not) or the supply at those premises of such products in circumstances corresponding to retail sale, if it is not under the personal control of the superintendent, is carried on, subject to the directions of the superintendent, under the personal control of a manager or assistant who is a pharmacist, and
(b)the name and certificate of registration of the person under whose personal control the business is carried on at those premises as mentioned in the preceding paragraph (whether he is the superintendent or some other person) are conspicuously exhibited, [F9and that it is the personal control of persons none of whom (whether the superintendent or a manager or assistant) is a pharmacist by virtue of section 4A of the Pharmacy Act 1954, [F10or Article 8(2)(c) of the Pharmacy (Northern Ireland) Order 1976], which fulfils the condition imposed by virtue of paragraph (a) above in relation to such of those premises . . . F11 as have been registered pharmacies for less than three years.]
(2)The requirements referred to in the preceding subsection in relation to a superintendent are that—
(a)the superintendent is a pharmacist;
(b)a statement in writing signed by him, and signed on behalf of the body corporate, specifying his name and stating whether he is a member of the board of that body or not, has been sent to the registrar; and
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F8Word repealed by S.I. 1987/2202, art. 3(2)(a)F9Words inserted by S.I. 1987/2202, art. 3(2)(b)F10Words substituted by S.R. 1987/457, reg. 3(a)F11Words repealed by S.R. 1987/457, reg. 3(b)72 Representative of pharmacist in case of death or disability.E+W+S+N.I.(1)The provisions of this section shall have effect where a pharmacist carries on a retail pharmacy business and—
(a)he dies, or
(b)he is adjudged bankrupt or enters into a composition or scheme or deed of arrangement with his creditors, or, in Scotland, sequestration of his estate is awarded or he makes a trust deed for behoof of his creditors or a composition contract, or
(c)a receiver is appointed for him under Part VIII of the M5Mental Health Act 1959, or, in Scotland, a [F12guardian] or judicial factor is appointed for him on the ground that he suffers from mental disorder, or, in Northern Ireland, a committee, receiver or guardian is appointed in his case under the M6Lunacy Regulation (Ireland) Act 1871,
and a representative of his thereafter carries on his business.
(2)The conditions referred to in section 69(1)(c) of this Act are that the name and address of the representative, and the name of the pharmacist whose representative he is, have been notified to the registrar and that, at all premises at which the business is carried on and medicinal products, other than medicinal products on a general sale list, are sold by retail,—
(a)the business, so far as concerns the retail sale at those premises of medicinal products (whether they are medicinal products on a general sale list or not) or the supply at those premises of such products in circumstances corresponding to retail sale, is under the personal control of a pharmacist, and
(b)his name and certificate of registration are conspicuously exhibited.
(3)The period referred to in section 69(1)(c) of this Act—
(a)in the case of the death of a pharmacist, is a period of five years from the date of his death;
(b)in the case of the bankruptcy or sequestration of the estate of a pharmacist, is a period of three years from the date on which he is adjudged bankrupt or the date of the award of sequestration, as the case may be;
(c)in the case of a composition or scheme or deed of arrangement, or of a trust deed or composition contract, is a period of three years from the date on which the trustee appointed thereunder becomes entitled to carry on the business; and
(d)in a case falling within subsection (1)(c) of this section, is a period of three years from the date of the appointment of the receiver, [F13curator bonis,] judicial factor, committee or guardian,
or, in any such case, is such longer period as, on the application of the representative, the Statutory Committee, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, may direct.
(4)In this section “representative”—
(a)in relation to a pharmacist who has died, means his executor or administrator and, in respect of a period of three months from the date of his death, if he has died leaving no executor who is entitled and willing to carry on the business, includes any person beneficially interested in his estate;
(b)in a case falling within paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of this section, means the trustee in bankruptcy or the trustee in the sequestration or any trustee appointed under the composition scheme, deed of arrangement, trust deed or composition contract; and
(c)in a case falling within paragraph (c) of that subsection, means the receiver, [F13curator bonis,] judicial factor, committee or guardian [F14; and in paragraph (b) above the reference to a trustee appointed under a composition, scheme or deed of arrangement includes a reference to the supervisor of a [F15voluntary arrangement proposed for the purposes of, and approved under, Part VIII of the Insolvency Act 1986][F16or Chapter II of Part VIII of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989].]
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(a)to modify, or provide new conditions in substitution for, the conditions referred to in any of the paragraphs of section 69(1) of this Act, or
(b)for the purposes of any of those paragraphs, to provide alternative conditions compliance with which is to have the like effect as compliance with the conditions referred to in that paragraph.
(2)Any provision made by an order in accordance with subsection (1) of this section may be made either generally or in relation to any particular circumstances specified in the order.
(3)Any order made under this section may direct that subsection (1) or subsection (2) of section 69 of this Act shall have effect subject to such exceptions or modifications as appear to the Health Ministers to be necessary or expedient in consequence of the provision made by the order in accordance with subsection (1) of this section.
(4)Where an order under this section is for the time being in force, any reference to section 69 of this Act in any other enactment as amended by this Act shall be construed as a reference to that section as modified by the order.