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PART 1Preliminary

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Pharmacy Order 2010.

(2) The following provisions come into force on the day after the day on which this Order is made—

(a)this article;

(b)articles 2, 3, 4(1), (2), (3)(b), (5) and (8) and 7 and Schedule 1; and

(c)articles 65, 66, 69(1) to (4) and 70 and Schedules 5 and 6.

(3) Except as provided for by paragraph (2), the provisions of this Order which confer powers enabling rules or orders to be made, or which enable standards or requirements to be set by the Council, come into force on the making of this Order, but for the purpose only of the exercise of those powers.

(4) Rules under article 7(1) and (4) are not to come into force before the end of the period of two years beginning with the day on which this Order is made.

(5) Except as provided for by paragraphs (2) and (3), this Order comes into force on such day as the Privy Council may by order appoint.

(6) Different days may be appointed by an order under paragraph (5) for different provisions or different purposes.