4. In section 42(3) of the National Health Service Act 1977(1) (matters that may be included in the regulations which provide for the inclusion of registered pharmacists in lists of persons providing pharmaceutical services), after paragraph (b) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“(ba)that an application to a Committee by a person who qualified to have his name registered under the Pharmacy Act 1954 by virtue of section 4A of that Act (qualification by European diploma) shall not be granted unless the applicant satisfies the Committee that he has the knowledge of English which, in the interests of himself and persons making use of the services to which the application relates, is necessary for the provision of pharmaceutical services in the Committee’s locality.”
1977 c. 49; section 42 was substituted by the National Health Service (Amendment) Act 1986 (c. 66), section 3(1) and (2).