SCHEDULE 5Transitional Provisions
Transitional arrangements: pharmacy techniciansI1I27
1
This paragraph applies to a person (“P”) who, for the purpose of article 20(1)(a)(i), is not appropriately qualified within the meaning of article 22 but who, no later than 30 June 2011, applies to be entered in Part 2 of the Register.
2
The Registrar may enter P’s name in Part 2 of the Register where P has—
a
undergone education and training which, in the opinion of the Registrar, has provided P with a reasonable foundation for future employment as a pharmacy technician; and
b
demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Registrar that P possesses the requisite knowledge, skill and experience for being entered in the Register as a pharmacy technician in Great Britain,
provided that, in so doing, the Registrar is acting in a manner which is consistent with the requirements of the Directive and the General Systems Regulations.
3
The Council must establish and publish from time to time in such manner as it sees fit criteria to which the Registrar is to have regard for the purpose of determining—
a
whether or not, for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(a), a particular course of education or training provides, or would provide, a person with a reasonable foundation for future employment as a pharmacy technician; and
b
whether or not, for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(b), a person possesses the requisite knowledge, skill and experience for being entered in the Register as a pharmacy technician.
4
Until such time as the criteria referred to in sub-paragraph (3) are published, the Registrar must have regard to the criteria established by the Society under paragraph 6(3) of Schedule 2 to the 2007 Order for the purpose of determining the matters referred to in sub-paragraph (3)(a) and (b).
5
Where, under this paragraph, the Registrar refuses to enter P’s name in the Register, the Registrar must send to P at P’s last known home address a statement in writing giving P notice of the decision and the reasons for it and of the right of appeal to the Appeals Committee under article 40.