Amendment of article 49
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19. In article 49 (initial action in respect of allegations)—
(a)after paragraph (1) insert the following paragraph—
“(1A) Rules under paragraph (1) may provide for an allegation not to be referred where it is of a type that the Council has stated in threshold criteria, which it has published and which it may amend from time to time, should not be referred.”;
(b)in paragraph (3)—
(i)in sub-paragraph (c), omit “if the registrant is a registered pharmacist,”, and
(ii)insert “and” at the end of sub-paragraph (b), omit “and” at the end of sub-paragraph (c) and omit sub-paragraph (d); and
(c)in paragraph (5)(b), omit “a registered pharmacist”.