2003 No. 3141

MEDICINES

The Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applications for Registration and Fees) Amendment Regulations 2003

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

As respects England, Scotland and Wales, the Secretary of State concerned with health in England and, as respects Northern Ireland, the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, acting jointly as the Health Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 75(1), 76(1), (2) and (6) and 129(5) of the Medicines Act 19681 or, as the case may be, those conferred by those provisions 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 may be cited as the Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applications for Registration and Fees) Amendment Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 1st January 2004.

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

In regulation 3 of the Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applications for Registration and Fees) Regulations 19733 (fees)—

a

in paragraph (1) (fee for registration of premises), for “£156” substitute “£163” and for “£83” (fee where premises are in Northern Ireland) substitute “£86”;

b

in paragraph (2) (retention fee), for “£101” substitute “£125” and for “£92” (fee where premises are in Northern Ireland) substitute “£112”;

c

in paragraph (3) (additional sum by way of penalty), for “£323” substitute “£336” and for “£240” (sum where premises are in Northern Ireland) substitute “£250”.

Revocation3

The Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applications for Registration and Fees) Amendment Regulations 20024 are hereby revoked.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Rosie WintertonMinister of State,Department of Health

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety

D C GowdyPermanent Secretary,Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applications for Registration and Fees) Regulations 1973 (“the principal Regulations”) as follows—

a

regulation 2(a) increases the fees for registration of premises at which a retail pharmacy business is, or is to be, carried on from £156 to £163 (where the premises are in Great Britain) and from £83 to £86 (where the premises are in Northern Ireland);

b

regulation 2(b) increases subsequent annual fees (retention fees) from £101 to £125 (where the premises are in Great Britain) and from £92 to £112 (where the premises are in Northern Ireland);

c

regulation 2(c) increases the penalty for failure to pay retention fees (payable in circumstances specified in section 76(2) of the Medicines Act 1968) from £323 to £336 (where the premises are in Great Britain) and from £240 to £250 (where the premises are in Northern Ireland).

These Regulations also revoke the Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applications for Registration and Fees) Amendment Regulations 2002, which increased the fees in the principal Regulations, the effect of which is spent on the coming into force of these Regulations.

A Regulatory Impact Assessment in relation to these Regulations has been placed in the libraries of both Houses of Parliament, and copies can be obtained from the Department of Health, Pharmacy and Prescriptions Branch, Room 160, Richmond House, 79 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2NS.