Amendment of the Medicines Act 1968
3.—(1) In subsection (1) of section 70 of the Medicines Act 1968(1) (conditions imposed on the carrying on by an individual or partnership of a retail pharmacy business), after paragraph (b) there shall be inserted the following words—
“and that it is the personal control of persons none of whom is a pharmacist by virtue of section 4A of the Pharmacy Act 1954 (qualification by European diploma), or any corresponding provision applying to Northern Ireland, which fulfils the condition imposed by virtue of paragraph (a) above in relation to such of those premises in Great Britain as have been registered pharmacies for less than three years.”
(2) In subsection (1) of section 71 of that Act (conditions imposed on the carrying on of a retail pharmacy business by a body corporate)—
(a)the word “and”, in the second place where it occurs, shall be omitted; and
(b)after paragraph (b) there shall be inserted the following words—
“and that it is the personal control of persons none of whom (whether the superintendent or a manager or assistant) is a pharmacist by virtue of section 4A of the Pharmacy Act 1954, or any corresponding provision applying to Northern Ireland, which fulfils the condition imposed by virtue of paragraph (a) above in relation to such of those premises in Great Britain as have been registered pharmacies for less than three years.”