Pharmaceutical Services (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

Amendment of regulation 2 of the Pharmaceutical Regulations

2.—(1) Regulation 2 of the Pharmaceutical Regulations (interpretation) is amended as follows.

(2) After “the 1997 Order” insert:

““APMS” means Alternative Provider Medical Services arrangements made under Article 56(2)(b)(1) of the Order (primary medical services) for the provision of primary medical services and “APMS contractor” shall be construed accordingly;”

(3) After “the Prescription of Drugs Regulations” insert:

““RBMS” means a Regional Board Medical Services provider under Article 56(2)(a) of the Order (primary medical services) for the provision of primary medical services and “RBMS practice” shall be construed accordingly;”

(4) After paragraph (3) insert the following paragraphs—

“(4) In these Regulations, “emergency requiring the flexible provision of pharmaceutical services” means an emergency declared by means of a direction to the Regional Board under section 6 of the 2009 Act to the effect that, as a result of the threatened damage to human welfare caused or which may be caused by the illness designated in the direction, the Regional Board must for a specified period—

(a) exercise, or

(b) where a discretion is conferred, consider exercising,

one or more of their functions under regulation 6A, 12(7A) or paragraph 4A of Schedule 2 subject to any conditions or limitations set out in the direction.

(5) Where—

(a) a direction of the type mentioned in paragraph (4) is given; and

(b) the Department issues a further direction changing the specified period of the emergency,

the duration of the emergency is to be construed in accordance with the specified period as so changed.”.

(1)

Article 56 was substituted by S.I. 2004/311 (N.I. 2) Article 3.