Pharmacy Act 1954 (repealed)

ConstitutionF1 E+W+S

Textual Amendments applied to the whole legislation

F1 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)

1 (1) Subject to the provisions of the next following sub-paragraph, the Statutory Committee (hereafter in this Schedule referred to as “the committee”) shall consist of six members, of whom one, who shall be chairman, shall be appointed by the Privy Council, and of whom five shall be appointed by the Council. E+W+S

(2) If by reason of illness or other infirmity the chairman becomes temporarily incapable of performing the duties of his office, the Privy Council may appoint another person to be a member of the committee and to act in the place of the chairman; and in relation to any period during which any person is appointed under this sub-paragraph, any reference to the chairman of the Statutory Committee in any enactment (other than the foregoing provisions of this Schedule) shall be construed as a reference to that person.

2 E+W+S A person may be appointed to be a member of the committee whether he is or is not a member of the Society or of the Council, but—

(a) the chairman shall be a person having practical legal experience; and

(b) if, on the occurrence of a vacancy among the members appointed by the Council, none of the remaining members so appointed is a pharmaceutical chemist resident in Scotland, the person appointed to fill the vacancy shall be a pharmaceutical chemist so resident.

3 (1) Subject to the provisions of the next following sub-paragraph, a member of the committee, other than a person appointed under sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 1 of this Schedule, shall hold office for a period of five years, and a person appointed under the said sub-paragraph (2) shall hold office for the period (not exceeding six months) for which he is appointed; and any member shall be eligible for re-appointment at the expiration of his period of office. E+W+S

(2) Any member of the committee may at any time resign his office by giving notice in writing of his resignation—

(a) in the case of a member appointed by the Council, to the registrar;

(b) in any other case, to the Clerk of the Privy Council;

and the body by whom a member of the committee is appointed may remove the member from his appointment for inability to perform his duties or for misbehaviour.