8.—(1) A person may, before the relevant date, use the title “pharmacy technician” or “technegydd fferylliaeth” (its equivalent in the Welsh language), or practise as a pharmacy technician, without committing an offence under article 38(2)(b) or (4)(b).
(2) In this paragraph, “the relevant date” means 1 July 2011 except that in relation to a person who has applied to be registered as a pharmacy technician before that date and whose application has not been disposed of before that date, it means the date on which that application (including any appeal) is finally disposed of.
(3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2), an appeal is finally disposed of once all rights in relation to the appeal have been exhausted.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 5 para. 8 in force at 10.2.2010 for specified purposes, see art. 1(3)
I2Sch. 5 para. 8 in force at 11.2.2010 in so far as not already in force, see art. 1(2)(c)