Pharmacy Act 1954 (repealed)

Miscellaneous provisions relating to the Pharmaceutical SocietyF2 E+W+S

Textual Amendments applied to the whole legislation

F2 Act: power to modify conferred (15.3.2000) by 1999 c. 8, s. 60(1)(2)(a)(4), Sch. 3; S.I. 2000/779, art. 2(1)

14 Membership of the Society. E+W+S

Every person whose name is registered shall, by virtue of the registration, be a member of the Society, and shall, on his name ceasing to be registered, cease to be a member of the Society.

15 Appointment of additional members of Council. E+W+S

(1) The Privy Council may appoint three persons to be members of the Council of the Society in addition to the persons elected as members of the Council under the Society’s Charter, and the persons appointed by the Privy Council under this section shall hold office as members of the Council for such period as the Privy Council determine.

(2) A person may be appointed under this section as a member of the Council whether he is or is not a member of the Society.

[F1 (3) Subsection (4) applies if, under section 187 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003, the Secretary of State has given a direction to a Special Health Authority to exercise any function of a Minister of the Crown relating to the making of appointments to a body mentioned in that section.

(4) The Privy Council may direct the Special Health Authority to exercise to the extent specified in the direction its functions under this section in relation to—

(a) the appointment of members to the Council;

(b) the period for which a person appointed is to hold office.]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 15(3)(4) inserted (19.10.2004) by Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43), s. 199(1)(4), Sch. 12 para. 1(2); S.I. 2004/2626, art. 2

16 Byelaws. E+W+S

The Council may make such byelaws as they think necessary for the purposes of any provision of this Act referring to byelaws; but no byelaw made by virtue of this Act shall come into operation until it is approved by the Privy Council.

17 The benevolent fund. E+W+S

The Council may, out of the property of the Society and out of any property for the time being comprised in the benevolent fund established in pursuance of the Society’s Charter of Incorporation, make provision for such purposes relating to the relief of distressed persons, being—

(a) members of the Society;

(b) persons who at any time have been such members or have been registered as pharmaceutical chemists or chemists and druggists under this Act or any enactment repealed by, or by an enactment repealed by, this Act;

(c) widows, orphans and other dependants of deceased persons who were at any time members of the Society or registered as aforesaid; or

(d) students of the Society,

as the Council may, subject to byelaws, determine.