1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 1st April 2004.
(2) These Regulations shall apply to England only(1).
(3) The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 1992(2) (“the Principal Regulations”) are amended in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations.
As regards Wales, the functions of the Secretary of State under sections 41, 42, 43 and 126 of the 1977 Act were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales under S.I. 1999/672, article 2 and Schedule 1, as amended by the 1999 Act, section 66(5) and as read with section 40(1) of the 2002 Act.