The Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applications for Registration and Fees) Amendment Regulations 1987

Made2nd December 1987

Laid before Parliament11th December 1987

Coming into force1st January 1988

The Secretaries of State respectively concerned with health in England, in Wales and in Scotland and the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, acting jointly as the Health Ministers in exercise of powers conferred by sections 75(1), 76(1), (2) and (6), 129(2) and (5) and 132(1) of the Medicines Act 19681 and now vested in them2 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after consulting such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by these Regulations pursuant to section 129(6) of that Act hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations, which may be cited as the Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applications for Registration and Fees) Amendment Regulations 1987, shall come into force on 1st January 1988.

Amendment of the Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applications for Registration and Fees) Regulations 19732

Regulation 3 of the Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applications for Registration and Fees) Regulations 19733 shall be amended as follows:—

a

in paragraph (1) (fee for registration of premises), for “£80” there shall be substituted “£84” and for “£41” there shall be substituted “£43”;

b

in paragraph (2) (retention fee), for “£50” there shall be substituted “£53” and for “£36.50” there shall be substituted “£38”; and

c

in paragraph (3) (additional sum by way of penalty), for “£55” there shall be substituted “£100” and for “£39.50” there shall be substituted “£70”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Services.

Tony NewtonMinister of State,Department of Health and Social Security27th November 1987

Peter WalkerSecretary of State for Wales26th November 1987

Malcolm RifkindSecretary of State for Scotland26th November 1987

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland this 2nd day of December 1987.

F. A. ElliottPermanent Secretary

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applications for Registration and Fees) Regulations 1973. They increase the fees for registration of premises at which a retail pharmacy business is or is to be carried on, the subsequent annual fees (retention fees) and the penalty (payable in circumstances specified in section 76(2) of the Medicines Act 1968) for failure to pay a retention fee.