SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 8Extension of powers under s. 60 of Health Act 1999
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Section 60 of the 1999 Act (regulation of health care and associated professions) is amended as follows.
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In subsection (2)—
a
in paragraph (a), omit “the Pharmacy Act 1954,”,
b
after that paragraph insert—
aa
the professions regulated by the Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Order 2007 and the Pharmacy (Northern Ireland) Order 1976,
c
after paragraph (c) insert—
ca
the profession regulated by so much of the Hearing Aid Council Act 1968 as relates to dispensers of hearing aids,
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After subsection (2) insert—
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Her Majesty may also by Order in Council make provision relating to, or connected with, the functions of the relevant regulatory body in relation to—
a
the registration of premises under Part 4 of the Medicines Act 1968 (pharmacies),
b
the regulation of the use of premises for the purposes of a retail pharmacy business, within the meaning of the Medicines Act 1968,
c
compliance with the provisions of that Act,
d
compliance with the provisions of the Poisons Act 1972 or the Poisons (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 by persons admitted to practice and persons carrying on a retail pharmacy business, and
e
the grant of authorisations under section 28 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (authorisation of directed surveillance).
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In subsection (2A) “the relevant regulatory body” means the body (or main body) responsible for the regulation of the professions referred to in subsection (2)(aa).