The Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applications for Registration and Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The Medicines (Applications for Registration and Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010, “these Regulations,” are being made under sections 75(1) and (2), 76(1),(2) and (4), 129(5) and 134(3) of, and paragraphs 6 and 8 of Schedule 4 to the Medicines Act 1968,”the Act” to replace the Medicines (Applications for Registration and Fees) Regulations 1973, which were revoked by the Pharmacy Order 2010 (S.I.2010/231).

These Regulations prescribe the manner of making, and the particulars to be contained in, applications for registration under Section 75 of the Act at premises at which a retail pharmacy business is or is to be carried on (Regulation 3), the fees to be paid on the application for such registration, the subsequent annual fees (referred to in the Act as “retention fee”) and the amount of the penalty for failure to pay the retention fee within the time laid down in the Act (Regulation 6).

Regulation 4 allows the registrar to accept applications from existing pharmacy businesses for registration of additional pharmacy premises during an emergency without the need to supply all the information usually required to accompany such applications and to waive all or part of the registration fee. Regulation 6 prescribes the manner in which the demand for the payment of the retention fee is to be made.