Pharmaceutical Services (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

1998 No. 316

HEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES

Pharmaceutical Services (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

Made

10th September 1998

Coming into operation

5th October 1998

The Department of Health and Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 63(1), (2) and (2A) to (2D), 106(b) and 107(6) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972(1) and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, and in conjunction with the Department of Finance and Personnel and after consultation with such organisations as appeared to the Department of Health and Social Services to be representative of the pharmaceutical profession as required by Article 63(3) of that Order hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Pharmaceutical Services (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 5th October 1998.

(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Pharmaceutical Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997(2).

Amendment of Schedule 4 to the principal Regulations

2.  In Schedule 4 to the principal Regulations (procedure on applications) for sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) of paragraph 19 (voting) there shall be substituted—

“(2) A member—

(a) who is appointed in accordance with paragraph 16(3)(c) and whose name is not included in the pharmaceutical list and who is not an employee of a person whose name is included in that list; or

(b) who is appointed in accordance with paragraph 16(3)(d); or

(c) who is the vice-chairman, provided he is not acting as chairman,

is entitled to vote.

(3) A member who is appointed in accordance with paragraph 16(3)(c) and whose name is included in the pharmaceutical list, or who is an employee of a person whose name is included in that list, is not entitled to vote and shall withdraw immediately before a decision on an appeal by voting takes place.”.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on

L.S.

D. A. Baker

Assistant Secretary

10th September 1998.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on

L.S.

D. Thomson

Assistant Secretary

10th September 1998.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations amend the Pharmaceutical Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 (“the principal Regulations”) by conferring voting rights on those members of the National Appeal Panel nominated by a Board and appointed under paragraph 16(3)(d) of Schedule 4.

(1)

S.I. 1972 (N.I. 14); relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1978/1907 (N.I. 26) Article 14, S.I. 1986/2023 (N.I. 20) Article 5(1), S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1) Article 31(1) and S.I. 1992/2671 (N.I. 18) Article 3

(2)

S.R. 1997 No. 381 to which there is an amendment not relevant to these Regulations