The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Wales) Regulations 2020

Exercise of choice in certain cases

62.  An application to an NHS pharmacist or an NHS appliance contractor for pharmaceutical services may be made—

(a) on behalf of any child by either parent, or in the absence of both parents, the guardian or other person who has the care of the child,

(b) on behalf of any person under 18 years of age who is—

(i) in the care of an authority to whose care the person has been committed under the provisions of the Children Act 1989(1), by a person duly authorised by that authority, or

(ii) in the care of a voluntary organisation, by that organisation or a person duly authorised by them,

(c) on behalf of any adult who is incapable of making such an application or authorising such an application to be made on their behalf, by a relative or the primary carer of that person, or

(d) on behalf of any other person by any duly authorised person.

(1)

1989 c. 41.