10.—(1) Each Primary Care Trust must prepare, maintain and publish 2 lists of persons, other than medical practitioners or dental practitioners, who undertake to provide pharmaceutical services from premises in the area of the Primary Care Trust.
(2) Those lists (which are pharmaceutical lists) are—
(a)a list of persons who undertake to provide pharmaceutical services in particular by way of the provision of drugs; and
(b)a list of persons who undertake to provide pharmaceutical services only by way of the provision of appliances.
(3) Each pharmaceutical list must be available for public inspection and must include—
(a)the address of the premises in the area of the Primary Care Trust at which the listed person has undertaken to provide pharmaceutical services (“the listed chemist premises”);
(b)the days on which and times at which, at those premises, the listed person is to provide those services during the core opening hours and any supplementary opening hours of the premises.
(4) Subject to paragraph (5), each Primary Care Trust must—
(a)prepare, maintain, publish and make available for public inspection a list (to be called an “EPS list”) of all the NHS chemists in its area who participate in the Electronic Prescription Service; and
(b)include on its EPS list the address of any premises at which the Electronic Prescription Service is provided.
(5) A Primary Care Trust need not prepare, maintain, publish and make available for public inspection an EPS list if it is clear from its pharmaceutical lists which NHS chemists in its area participate in the Electronic Prescription Service and where in its area the Electronic Prescription Service is provided.
(6) Schedule 2, which has effect, contains provisions with regard to—
(a)the information to be supplied by a person—
(i)seeking inclusion in a pharmaceutical list who is not already included in it, or
(ii)who is included in a pharmaceutical list and who is seeking—
(aa)to open, within the area of the Primary Care Trust whose list it is, additional premises from which to provide the same or different pharmaceutical services,
(bb)to relocate to different premises, and at those premises to provide the same or different pharmaceutical services, or
(cc)to provide, from the person’s listed chemist premises, services that are in addition to those already listed in relation to that person; and
(b)the procedure to be followed by persons as mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) when making a routine application or an excepted application; and
(c)other related matters.
(7) Schedule 3 has effect in relation to appeals to the Secretary of State against decisions under Parts 2 to 5 and Schedule 2 (as it does in relation to appeals against decisions under Parts 7, 8, 10 and 12).
11.—(1) The arrangements under which an NHS pharmacist undertakes to provide pharmaceutical services (and so their terms of service) are to include any provisions affecting their rights and obligations—
(a)that are included in these Regulations, including—
(i)the terms of service set out in Schedule 4 (which accordingly has effect), and
(ii)any obligation that is only applicable in prescribed cases, if the NHS pharmacist is a person to whom the obligation is applicable;
(b)that are included in the Drug Tariff, in so far as those rights and obligations relate to NHS pharmacists and are applicable in the case of the NHS pharmacist;
(c)where a Primary Care Trust makes an arrangement with the NHS pharmacist for the provision of any directed services, that are included in that arrangement; and
(d)that are included in regulation 3 of the Local Involvement Networks (Duty of Services-Providers to Allow Entry) Regulations 2008(1) (duty of services-providers to allow entry by local involvement networks), in so far as it applies to NHS pharmacists,
as varied, where applicable, in accordance with regulation 35 or Chapter 6 of Part 7 of the 2006 Act.
(2) The arrangements under which an NHS appliance contractor undertakes to provide pharmaceutical services (and so their terms of service) are to include any provisions affecting their rights and obligations—
(a)that are included in these Regulations, including—
(i)the terms of service set out in Schedule 5 (which accordingly has effect), and
(ii)any obligation that is only applicable in prescribed cases, if the NHS appliance contractor is a person to whom the obligation is applicable;
(b)that are included in the Drug Tariff, in so far as those rights and obligations relate to NHS appliance contractors and are applicable in the case of the NHS appliance contractor;
(c)where a Primary Care Trust makes an arrangement with the NHS appliance contractor for the provision of any directed services, that are included in that arrangement; and
(d)that are included in regulation 3 of the Local Involvement Networks (Duty of Services-Providers to Allow Entry) Regulations 2008, in so far as it applies to NHS appliance contractors,
as varied, where applicable, in accordance with regulation 35 or Chapter 6 of Part 7 of the 2006 Act.
12. In these Regulations, a “routine application” is any application, other than an excepted application, by a person—
(a)for inclusion in a pharmaceutical list who is not already included in it; or
(b)who is included in a pharmaceutical list and who is seeking—
(i)to open, within the area of the Primary Care Trust whose list it is, additional premises from which to provide the same or different pharmaceutical services;
(ii)to relocate to different premises, and at those premises to provide the same or different pharmaceutical services;
(iii)to provide, from the person’s listed chemist premises, services that are in addition to those already listed in relation to that person.
13.—(1) If a Primary Care Trust receives a routine application and is required to determine whether granting it, or granting it in respect of some only of the services specified in it, would meet a current need—
(a)for pharmaceutical services, or pharmaceutical services of a specified type, in its area; and
(b)that has been included in its pharmaceutical needs assessment in accordance with paragraph 2(a) of Schedule 1,
in determining whether it is satisfied as mentioned in section 129(2A) of the 2006 Act(2) (regulations as to pharmaceutical services), the Primary Care Trust must have regard to the matters set out in paragraph (2).
(2) Those matters are—
(a)whether it is satisfied that it would be desirable to consider, at the same time as the applicant’s application, applications from other persons offering to meet the current need mentioned in paragraph (1) that the applicant is offering to meet;
(b)whether it is satisfied that another application offering to meet the current need mentioned in paragraph (1) has been submitted to it, and it would be desirable to consider, at the same time as the applicant’s application, that other application;
(c)whether it is satisfied that an appeal relating to another application offering to meet the current need mentioned in paragraph (1) is pending, and it would be desirable to await the outcome of that appeal before considering the applicant’s application;
(d)whether it is satisfied that, since the publication of the Primary Care Trust’s pharmaceutical needs assessment, there have been changes to the needs for pharmaceutical services in the area of the Primary Care Trust that are such that refusing the application is essential in order to prevent significant detriment to the provision of pharmaceutical services in its area;
(e)whether it is satisfied that—
(i)granting the application would only meet the current need mentioned in paragraph (1) in part, and
(ii)if the application were granted, it would be unlikely, in the reasonably foreseeable future, that the remainder of that need would be met;
(f)whether—
(i)it is satisfied that granting the application would only meet the current need mentioned in paragraph (1) in part, but
(ii)it considers that, if the application were granted, it would not be unlikely, in the reasonably foreseeable future, that the remainder of that need would be met;
(g)whether it is satisfied that—
(i)the current need mentioned in paragraph (1) was for services other than essential services, and
(ii)granting the application would result in an increase in the availability of essential services in the area of the Primary Care Trust;
(h)whether it is satisfied that, since the publication of the Primary Care Trust’s pharmaceutical needs assessment, the current need mentioned in paragraph (1) has been met by another person who is providing, or is due to be met by another person who has undertaken to provide, either in its area or in the area of another Primary Care Trust—
(i)pharmaceutical services from listed chemist premises, or
(ii)local pharmaceutical services from LPS premises;
(i)whether the application needs to be deferred or refused by virtue of any provision of Part 5 to 7.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(h), a need is to be treated as due to be met if—
(a)the person (P) undertaking to meet that need is entitled to give the Primary Care Trust a notice of commencement, as a consequence of which P will be able to commence the provision of services to meet that need, but P has not yet given that notice; or
(b)P has entered into an LPS scheme with the Primary Care Trust, as a consequence of which P will be able to commence the provision of services to meet that need, but P has not yet commenced the provision of those services.
14.—(1) If the Primary Care Trust is satisfied as mentioned in regulation 13(2)(a), it may—
(a)defer determination of the application;
(b)invite applications from other persons to offer to meet the current need mentioned in regulation 13(1) that the applicant is offering to meet; and
(c)consider, at the same time as the applicant’s application, any application it receives—
(i)as a consequence of the invitation issued in accordance with sub-paragraph (b), or
(ii)that, even if it was not received in response to that invitation, is in any event from another person offering to meet the current need mentioned in regulation 13(1) that the applicant is offering to meet,
but it must not defer consideration of the application for longer than 6 months.
(2) If the Primary Care Trust is satisfied as mentioned in regulation 13(2)(b), it may defer consideration of the application until it can be considered at the same time as the other application.
(3) If the Primary Care Trust is satisfied as mentioned in regulation 13(2)(c), it may defer consideration of the application until after the appeal has reached its final outcome.
(4) If the Primary Care Trust is satisfied as mentioned in regulation 13(2)(d) or (e), it must refuse the application.
(5) If the Primary Care Trust is satisfied as mentioned in regulation 13(2)(f) to (h), it must only grant the application if it is satisfied that to do so would secure improvements, or better access, to pharmaceutical services in its area.
15.—(1) If a Primary Care Trust receives a routine application and is required to determine whether granting it, or granting it in respect of some only of the services specified in it, would meet a future need—
(a)for pharmaceutical services, or pharmaceutical services of a specified type, in its area; and
(b)that has been included in its pharmaceutical needs assessment in accordance with paragraph 2(b) of Schedule 1,
in determining whether it is satisfied as mentioned in section 129(2A) of the 2006 Act(3) (regulations as to pharmaceutical services), the Primary Care Trust must have regard to the matters set out in paragraph (2).
(2) Those matters are—
(a)whether it is satisfied that it would be desirable to consider, at the same time as the applicant’s application, applications from other persons offering to meet the future need mentioned in paragraph (1) that the applicant is offering to meet;
(b)whether it is satisfied that it would be desirable to defer consideration of the application until some or all of the future circumstances specified in accordance with paragraph 2(b) of Schedule 1 have arisen (should they arise);
(c)whether it is satisfied that another application offering to meet the future need mentioned in paragraph (1) has been submitted to it, and it would be desirable to consider, at the same time as the applicant’s application, that other application;
(d)whether it is satisfied that an appeal relating to another application offering to meet the future need mentioned in paragraph (1) is pending, and it would be desirable to await the outcome of that appeal before determining the applicant’s application;
(e)whether it is satisfied that, since the publication of the Primary Care Trust’s pharmaceutical needs assessment, there have been changes to the needs, or future needs, for pharmaceutical services in the area of the Primary Care Trust that are such that refusing the application is essential in order to prevent significant detriment to the provision of pharmaceutical services in its area;
(f)whether it is satisfied that, since the publication of the Primary Care Trust’s pharmaceutical needs assessment, there have been changes to the needs, or future needs, for pharmaceutical services in the area of the Primary Care Trust that are such that—
(i)the future circumstances specified in accordance with paragraph 2(b) of Schedule 1 will not, or are now unlikely to, arise (in whole or in part), and
(ii)granting the application would not secure improvements to, or better access to, pharmaceutical services in the area of the Primary Care Trust;
(g)whether it is satisfied that—
(i)granting the application would only meet the future need mentioned in paragraph (1) in part, and
(ii)if the application were granted, it would be unlikely, in the reasonably foreseeable future, that the remainder of that need would be met;
(h)whether —
(i)it is satisfied that granting the application would only meet the future need mentioned in paragraph (1) in part, but
(ii)it considers that, if the application were granted, it would not be unlikely, in the reasonably foreseeable future, that the remainder of that need would be met;
(i)whether it is satisfied that—
(i)the future need mentioned in paragraph (1) was for services other than essential services, and
(ii)granting the application would result in an increase in the availability of essential services in the area of the Primary Care Trust;
(j)whether it is satisfied that, since the publication of the Primary Care Trust’s pharmaceutical needs assessment, the future need mentioned in paragraph (1) has been met by another person who is providing, or is due to be met by another person who has undertaken to provide, either in its area or in the area of another Primary Care Trust—
(i)pharmaceutical services from listed chemist premises, or
(ii)local pharmaceutical services from LPS premises;
(k)whether the application needs to be deferred or refused by virtue of any provision of Part 5 to 7.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(j), a future need is to be treated as due to be met if—
(a)the person (P) undertaking to meet that need is entitled to give the Primary Care Trust a notice of commencement, as a consequence of which P will be able to commence the provision of services to meet that need, but P has not yet given that notice;
(b)the grant of P’s application to meet that need is subject to a condition imposed by virtue of paragraph 33(2) of Schedule 2; or
(c)P has entered into an LPS scheme with the Primary Care Trust, as a consequence of which P will be able to commence the provision of services to meet that need, but P has not yet commenced the provision of those services.
16.—(1) If the Primary Care Trust is satisfied as mentioned in regulation 15(2)(a), it may—
(a)defer determination of the application;
(b)invite applications from other persons to offer to meet the future need mentioned in regulation 15(1) that the applicant is offering to meet; and
(c)consider, at the same time as the applicant’s application, any application it receives—
(i)as a consequence of the invitation issued in accordance with sub-paragraph (b), or
(ii)that, even if it was not received in response to that invitation, is in any event from another person offering to meet the future need mentioned in regulation 15(1) that the applicant is offering to meet,
but it must not, pursuant to this paragraph, defer consideration of the application for longer than 6 months.
(2) If the Primary Care Trust is satisfied as mentioned in regulation 15(2)(b), it may defer consideration of the application for such period as is reasonable in the circumstances, having regard to when the future circumstances specified in accordance with paragraph 2(b) of Schedule 1 are likely to arise.
(3) If the Primary Care Trust is satisfied as mentioned in regulation 15(2)(c), it may defer consideration of the application until it can be considered at the same time as the other application.
(4) If the Primary Care Trust is satisfied as mentioned in regulation 15(2)(d), it may defer consideration of the application until after the appeal has reached its final outcome.
(5) If the Primary Care Trust is satisfied as mentioned in regulation 15(2)(e) to (g), it must refuse the application.
(6) If the Primary Care Trust is satisfied as mentioned in regulation 15(2)(h) to (j), it must only grant the application if it is satisfied that to do so would secure improvements, or better access, to pharmaceutical services in its area.
17.—(1) If a Primary Care Trust receives a routine application and is required to determine whether granting it, or granting it in respect of some only of the services specified in it, would secure improvements, or better access—
(a)to pharmaceutical services, or pharmaceutical services of a specified type, in its area; and
(b)that have or has been included in its pharmaceutical needs assessment in accordance with paragraph 4(a) of Schedule 1,
in determining whether it is satisfied as mentioned in section 129(2B) of the 2006 Act(4) (regulations as to pharmaceutical services), the Primary Care Trust must have regard to the matters set out in paragraph (2).
(2) Those matters are—
(a)whether it is satisfied that it would be desirable to consider, at the same time as the applicant’s application, applications from other persons offering to secure the improvements or better access mentioned in paragraph (1) that the applicant is offering to secure;
(b)whether it is satisfied that another application offering to secure the improvements or better access mentioned in paragraph (1) has been submitted to it, and it would be desirable to consider, at the same time as the applicant’s application, that other application;
(c)whether it is satisfied that an appeal relating to another application offering to secure the improvements or better access mentioned in paragraph (1) is pending, and it would be desirable to await the outcome of that appeal before considering the applicant’s application;
(d)whether it is satisfied that, since the publication of the Primary Care Trust’s pharmaceutical needs assessment, there have been changes to the profile of pharmaceutical services in the area of the Primary Care Trust that are such that refusing the application is essential in order to prevent significant detriment to the provision of pharmaceutical services in its area;
(e)whether it is satisfied that—
(i)granting the application would only secure the improvements or better access mentioned in paragraph (1) in part, and
(ii)if the application were granted, it would be unlikely, in the reasonably foreseeable future, that the remainder of those improvements or that better access would be secured;
(f)whether it is satisfied that, since the publication of the Primary Care Trust’s pharmaceutical needs assessment, the improvements or better access mentioned in paragraph (1) have or has been secured by another person who is providing, or is due to be secured by another person who has undertaken to provide, either in its area or in the area of another Primary Care Trust—
(i)pharmaceutical services from listed chemist premises, or
(ii)local pharmaceutical services from LPS premises;
(g)whether it is satisfied that—
(i)the improvements or better access mentioned in paragraph (1) were or was in respect of services other than essential services, and
(ii)granting the application would result in an undesirable increase in the availability of essential services in the area of the Primary Care Trust;
(h)whether the application needs to be deferred or refused by virtue of any provision of Part 5 to 7.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(f), the improvements are or better access is to be treated as due to be secured by another person who has undertaken to provide services if—
(a)the person (P) undertaking to secure the improvements or better access is entitled to give the Primary Care Trust a notice of commencement, as a consequence of which P will be able to commence the provision of services to secure the improvements or better access, but P has not yet given that notice;
(b)P has entered into an LPS scheme with the Primary Care Trust, as a consequence of which P will be able to commence the provision of services to secure the improvements or better access, but P has not yet commenced the provision of those services.
18.—(1) If a Primary Care Trust receives a routine application and is required to determine whether the Primary Care Trust is satisfied that granting it, or granting it in respect of some only of the services specified in it, would secure improvements, or better access—
(a)to pharmaceutical services, or pharmaceutical services of a specified type, in its area; but
(b)the improvements or better access that would be secured were or was not included in its pharmaceutical needs assessment in accordance with paragraph 4 of Schedule 1,
in determining whether it is satisfied as mentioned in section 129(2B) of the 2006 Act(5) (regulations as to pharmaceutical services), the Primary Care Trust must have regard to the matters set out in paragraph (2).
(2) Those matters are—
(a)whether it is satisfied that granting the application would cause significant detriment to—
(i)proper planning in respect of the provision of pharmaceutical services in its area, or
(ii)the arrangements it has in place for the provision of pharmaceutical services in its area;
(b)whether, notwithstanding that the improvements or better access were not included in its pharmaceutical needs assessment, it is satisfied that, having regard to the desirability of—
(i)there being a reasonable choice with regard to obtaining pharmaceutical services in the area of the Primary Care Trust,
(ii)people who share a protected characteristic having access to services that meet specific needs for pharmaceutical services that, in the area of the Primary Care Trust, are difficult for them to access, or
(iii)there being innovative approaches taken with regard to the delivery of pharmaceutical services,
granting the application would confer significant benefits on persons in its area which were not foreseen when it published its pharmaceutical needs assessment;
(c)whether it is satisfied that it would be desirable to consider, at the same time as the applicant’s application, applications from other persons offering to secure the improvements or better access that the applicant is offering to secure;
(d)whether it is satisfied that another application offering to secure the improvements or better access has been submitted to it, and it would be desirable to consider, at the same time as the applicant’s application, that other application;
(e)whether it is satisfied that an appeal relating to another application offering to secure the improvements or better access is pending, and it would be desirable to await the outcome of that appeal before considering the applicant’s application;
(f)whether the application needs to be deferred or refused by virtue of any provision of Part 5 to 7.
(3) The Primary Care Trust need only consider whether it is satisfied in accordance with paragraphs (2)(c) to (e) if it has reached at least a preliminary view (although this may change) that it is satisfied in accordance with paragraph (2)(b).
19.—(1) If the Primary Care Trust is satisfied as mentioned in regulation 17(2)(a), it may—
(a)defer determination of the application;
(b)invite applications from other persons to offer to secure the improvements or better access mentioned in regulation 17(1) that the applicant is offering to secure; and
(c)consider, at the same time as the applicant’s application, any application it receives—
(i)as a consequence of the invitation issued in accordance with sub-paragraph (b), or
(ii)that, even if it was not received in response to that invitation, is in any event from another person offering to secure the improvements or better access mentioned in regulation 17(1) that the applicant is offering to secure,
but it must not, pursuant to this paragraph, defer consideration of the application for longer than 6 months.
(2) If the Primary Care Trust is satisfied as mentioned in regulation 18(2)(c), it may—
(a)defer determination of the application;
(b)invite applications from other persons to offer to secure the improvements or better access that the applicant is offering to secure; and
(c)consider, at the same time as the applicant’s application, any application it receives—
(i)as a consequence of the invitation issued in accordance with sub-paragraph (b), or
(ii)that, even if it was not received in response to that invitation, is in any event from another person offering to secure the improvements or better access that the applicant is offering to secure,
but it must not, pursuant to this paragraph, defer consideration of the application for longer than 6 months.
(3) If the Primary Care Trust is satisfied as mentioned in regulation 17(2)(b) or 18(2)(d), it may defer consideration of the application until it can be considered at the same time as the other application.
(4) If the Primary Care Trust is satisfied as mentioned in regulation 17(2)(c) or 18(2)(e), it may defer consideration of the application until after the appeal has reached its final outcome.
(5) If the Primary Care Trust is satisfied as mentioned in regulation 17(2)(d) to (g) or 18(2)(a), it must refuse the application.
(6) If the Primary Care Trust is satisfied as mentioned in regulation 18(2)(b), it may grant the application notwithstanding that the improvements or better access were or was not included in its pharmaceutical needs assessment.
20.—(1) If a Primary Care Trust receives a routine application and is required to determine whether granting it, or granting it in respect of some only of the services specified in it, would secure improvements or better access in the future—
(a)to pharmaceutical services, or pharmaceutical services of a specified type, in its area; and
(b)that have or has been included in its pharmaceutical needs assessment in accordance with paragraph 4(b) of Schedule 1,
in determining whether it is satisfied as mentioned in section 129(2B) of the 2006 Act(6) (regulations as to pharmaceutical services), the Primary Care Trust must have regard to the matters set out in paragraph (2).
(2) Those matters are—
(a)whether it is satisfied that it would be desirable to consider, at the same time as the applicant’s application, applications from other persons offering to secure the future improvements or better access mentioned in paragraph (1) that the applicant is offering to secure;
(b)whether it would be desirable to defer consideration of the application until some or all of the future circumstances specified in accordance with paragraph 4(b) of Schedule 1 have arisen (should they arise);
(c)whether it is satisfied that another application offering to secure the future improvements or better access mentioned in paragraph (1) has been submitted to it, and it would be desirable to consider, at the same time as the applicant’s application, that other application;
(d)whether it is satisfied that an appeal relating to another application offering to secure the future improvements or better access mentioned in paragraph (1) is pending, and it would be desirable to await the outcome of that appeal before considering the applicant’s application;
(e)whether it is satisfied that, since the publication of the Primary Care Trust’s pharmaceutical needs assessment, there have been changes to the profile of pharmaceutical services in the area of the Primary Care Trust that are such that refusing the application is essential in order to prevent significant detriment to the provision of pharmaceutical services in its area;
(f)whether it is satisfied that, since the publication of the Primary Care Trust’s pharmaceutical needs assessment, there have been changes to the profile or future profile of pharmaceutical services in the area of the Primary Care Trust that are such that the future circumstances specified in accordance with paragraph 4(b) of Schedule 1 will not, or are now unlikely to, arise (in whole or in part);
(g)whether it is satisfied that—
(i)granting the application would only secure the future improvements or better access mentioned in paragraph (1) in part, and
(ii)if the application were granted, it would be unlikely, in the reasonably foreseeable future, that the remainder of those improvements or that better access would be secured;
(h)whether it is satisfied that, since the publication of the Primary Care Trust’s pharmaceutical needs assessment, the future improvements or better access mentioned in paragraph (1) have or has been secured by another person who is providing, or is due to be secured by another person who has undertaken to provide, either in its area or in the area of another Primary Care Trust—
(i)pharmaceutical services from listed chemist premises, or
(ii)local pharmaceutical services from LPS premises;
(i)whether it is satisfied that—
(i)the future improvements or better access mentioned in paragraph (1) were or was in respect of services other than essential services, and
(ii)granting the application would result in an undesirable increase in the availability of essential services in the area of the Primary Care Trust;
(j)whether the application needs to be deferred or refused by virtue of any provision of Part 5 to 7.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(h), the improvements are or better access is to be treated as due to be secured by another person who has undertaken to provide services if—
(a)the person (P) undertaking to secure the improvements or better access is entitled to give the Primary Care Trust a notice of commencement, as a consequence of which P will be able to commence the provision of services to meet that need, but P has not yet given that notice;
(b)the grant of P’s application to secure the improvements or better access is subject to a condition imposed by virtue of paragraph 33(2) of Schedule 2; or
(c)P has entered into an LPS scheme with the Primary Care Trust, as a consequence of which P will be able to commence the provision of services to secure the improvements or better access, but P has not yet commenced the provision of those services.
21.—(1) If the Primary Care Trust is satisfied as mentioned in regulation 20(2)(a), it may—
(a)defer determination of the application;
(b)invite applications from other persons to offer to secure the future improvements or better access mentioned in regulation 20(1) that the applicant is offering to secure; and
(c)consider, at the same time as the applicant’s application, any application it receives—
(i)as a consequence of the invitation issued in accordance with sub-paragraph (b), or
(ii)that, even if it was not received in response to that invitation, is in any event from another person offering to secure the future improvements or better access mentioned in regulation 20(1) that the applicant is offering to secure,
but it must not, pursuant to this paragraph, defer consideration of the application for longer than 6 months.
(2) If the Primary Care Trust is satisfied as mentioned in regulation 20(2)(b), it may defer consideration of the application for such period as is reasonable in the circumstances, having regard to when the future circumstances specified in accordance with paragraph 4(b) of Schedule 1 are likely to arise.
(3) If the Primary Care Trust is satisfied as mentioned in regulation 20(2)(c), it may defer consideration of the application until it can be considered at the same time as the other application.
(4) If the Primary Care Trust is satisfied as mentioned in regulation 20(2)(d), it may defer consideration of the application until after the appeal has reached its final outcome.
(5) If the Primary Care Trust is satisfied as mentioned in regulation 20(2)(e) to (i), it must refuse the application.
22. If a Primary Care Trust receives a routine application to which regulation 19(6) does not apply, the Primary Care Trust must refuse it unless granting it, or granting it in respect of some only of the services specified in it, would—
(a)meet a current or future need for pharmaceutical services, or pharmaceutical services of a specified type, in its area that has been included in its pharmaceutical needs assessment in accordance with paragraph 2 of Schedule 1; or
(b)secure (including in the future) improvements, or better access, to pharmaceutical services, or pharmaceutical services of a specified type, in its area that have or has been included in its pharmaceutical needs assessment in accordance with paragraph 4 of Schedule 1.
Section 129(2A) was inserted by the Health Act 2009 (c. 21), section 26(3).
Section 129(2A) was inserted by the Health Act 2009 (c. 21), section 26(3).
Section 129(2B) was inserted by the Health Act 2009 (c. 21), section 26(3).
Section 129(2B) was inserted by the Health Act 2009 (c. 21), section 26(3).
Section 129(2B) was inserted by the Health Act 2009 (c. 21), section 26(3).