PART 4Registration

Corrections to the Register29

1

The Registrar must keep the Register correct and up to date, and, in so doing—

a

must remove from the Register the entry of any registrant who has died; and

b

from time to time, must make the necessary alterations—

i

to any of the particulars in a registrant’s entry, and

ii

to any of the particulars in the entry of a registered pharmacy.

2

The Registrar General must, on registering the death of a person who the Registrar General believes to be a registrant, forthwith notify the Registrar of the death.

3

If the Registrar determines—

a

that a entry of a registrant in Part 1 or 2 of the Register (except in a case where the entry was made under article 34) or in Part 4 or 5 of the Register has been fraudulently procured or incorrectly made, or

b

that the entry of a registered pharmacy in Part 3 of the Register has been fraudulently procured or incorrectly made,

the Registrar may remove the registrant or registered pharmacy from that part of the Register.

4

The Council may make such provision in rules as it considers appropriate in connection with determinations by the Registrar under paragraph (3).

5

Where the Registrar removes the entry of a person from a part of the Register pursuant to paragraph (3)(a), the Registrar must send to that person at that person’s last known home address a statement in writing giving that person notice of the removal and the reasons for it and of the right of appeal to the Appeals Committee under article 40.

6

Where the Registrar removes the entry of a registered pharmacy from Part 3 of the Register pursuant to paragraph (3)(b), the Registrar must send to the person carrying on a retail pharmacy business at the registered pharmacy a statement in writing giving that person notice of the removal and the reasons for it and of the right of appeal to the Appeals Committee under article 40.

7

The notice under paragraph (6) must be sent—

a

where the retail pharmacy business is carried on by an individual, to that individual at that individual’s home address in the Register;

b

where the retail pharmacy business is carried on by a partnership, to that partnership at its principal office; or

c

where the retail pharmacy business is carried on by a body corporate, to that body corporate at its registered or principal office.