Right of return to pharmaceutical lists
10.—(1) This regulation applies if the Secretary of State makes a determination under regulation 4 of the National Health Service (Local Pharmaceutical Services and Pharmaceutical Services) (No. 2) Regulations 2002 that a person is to be given a right of return to a Primary Care Trust’s pharmaceutical list on making an application for his name to be included in that list after ceasing to provide local pharmaceutical services under a pharmacy pilot scheme, and the conditions mentioned in paragraph (2) are satisfied.
(2) The conditions are that—
(a)the period of time between the cessation of provision of local pharmaceutical services by the applicant and the commencement of provision of pharmaceutical services by the applicant will be such that the provision of such services will be continuous (except for such period as the Primary Care Trust may for good cause allow); and
(b)the determination or determinations relevant to the application have not been invalidated by any subsequent determination, and that any conditions specified in the determination or determinations are satisfied.
(3) A person making an application under this regulation for inclusion of his name in a pharmaceutical list must apply to the Primary Care Trust giving the information set out in Part 1 of Schedule 4 while he is still providing local pharmaceutical services under a pharmacy pilot scheme, and in addition he must—
(a)make clear that the application is made by virtue of this regulation; and
(b)attach copies of all determinations relevant to the application.
(4) A person who meets the conditions specified in paragraph (7) must, in addition to the requirements of paragraph (3), provide the information, declarations and undertakings specified in Part 3 of Schedule 4.
(5) If a person has made an application in the manner described in paragraph (3) and (if applicable) (4) to a Primary Care Trust for his name to be included in its pharmaceutical list, the Primary Care Trust shall grant the application, subject to paragraph (6) and regulation 11(2).
(6) Notwithstanding the determination relevant to his application, if an applicant meets the conditions specified in paragraph (7), the provisions of regulations 19, 21, 26, 28 and 30 apply to his application under this regulation.
(7) The conditions referred to in paragraphs (4) and (6) are that—
(a)the applicant is not, at the time of his application to a Primary Care Trust, already included in that Primary Care Trust’s pharmaceutical list; and
(b)the applicant was not, immediately before the date on which he commenced the provision of local pharmaceutical services, included in that Primary Care Trust’s pharmaceutical list.
(8) Any conditions imposed by a Primary Care Trust under regulation 20 or by the Secretary of State under regulation 29(18)(b), 32(10)(b) or 38(14)(b) which are still in force by virtue of regulation 20(3) shall be unaffected by the grant of an application under this regulation.
(9) A Primary Care Trust must, as soon as is practicable, and in any event within the period of four months beginning with the date of receipt of the application unless the Primary Care Trust has good cause to require a longer period, give notice in writing of its decision on an application under this regulation to those persons or bodies listed in regulation 27(1)(a).
(10) Where a Primary Care Trust grants an application under this regulation, the applicant must be included in the relevant pharmaceutical list or lists only if, not less than 14 days before the expiry of six months after the date on which the grant was notified to him by the Primary Care Trust in accordance with paragraph (9), he notifies the Primary Care Trust, in the form set out in Part 2 of Schedule 4, that he will, within the next 14 days, commence the provision of services in respect of which the application was made at the premises to which the application related.
(11) Where, at any time after making an application under this regulation, but before the expiry of the six months referred to in paragraph (10), the applicant notifies the Primary Care Trust that he intends to change within the neighbourhood the premises from which he intends to provide pharmaceutical services, being the same services as those named in the application, and the Primary Care Trust is satisfied that the change is a minor relocation, it may amend the premises named in the original application.
(12) For the purposes of paragraph (10), the date of the notification of a grant of an application is the day after the expiry of the period of 30 days beginning on the date on which notice of that decision is given under paragraph (9).
(13) Except as specified in paragraphs (6) and (8), regulations 5 to 9, 11(1) and 12 to 28 and 30 to 42 do not apply to an application under this regulation.