The Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applications for Registration and Fees) Amendment Regulations 2008
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Citation and commencement1.
These Regulations may be cited as the Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applications for Registration and Fees) Amendment Regulations 2008 and come into force on 1st January 2009.
Amendment of the Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applications for Registration and Fees) Regulations 19732.
(a)
in paragraph (1), for “£510” (fee for registration of premises, where premises are in Great Britain) substitute “£529”;
(b)
in paragraph (2), for “£162” (retention fee, where premises are in Great Britain) substitute “£168”; and
(c)
in paragraph (3), for “£510” (additional sum by way of penalty, where premises are in Great Britain) substitute “£529”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
These Regulations further amend the Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applications for Registration and Fees) Regulations 1973 as follows—
regulation 2(a) increases the fee for registration of premises at which a retail pharmacy business is, or is to be, carried on by 3.7% where the premises are in Great Britain;
regulation 2(b) increases the retention fee by 3.7% where the premises are in Great Britain; and
regulation 2(c) increases the penalty for failure to pay a retention fee (payable in the circumstances specified in section 76(2) of the Medicines Act 1968) by 3.7% where the premises are in Great Britain.
A full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of businesses and the voluntary sector is available from the Department of Health, Skipton House, 80 London Road, London SE1 6LH.