Qualified persons for manufacture
9.—(1) The Secretary of State may appoint as a qualified person (manufacture) any person who is—
(a)registered as a pharmaceutical chemist with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain or with the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland,
(b)a Chartered Chemist or a Fellow, Member or Associate Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry, or
(c)a Chartered Biologist or a Fellow, Member or Associate Member of the Society of Biology,
who qualified on the basis of a formal course of study lasting not less than three years full-time or equivalent and who has sufficient practical experience to carry out the duties under this Schedule.
(2) The Secretary of State may exceptionally appoint a person who is not a member of one of those institutions to act as a qualified person (manufacture) on being satisfied that that person has the educational qualifications or practical experience to carry out the duties under this Schedule.