SCHEDULE 6Terms of service for NHS appliance contractors who provide pharmaceutical services only by the provision of appliances

Division of responsibilities between individuals and corporate bodies

2.—(1) To the extent that this Schedule imposes a requirement on an NHS appliance contractor in respect of an activity which could only, or would normally, be undertaken by a natural person—

(a)if the NHS appliance contractor is a registered pharmacist—

(i)that registered pharmacist must comply with that requirement, or

(ii)if they employ or engage a registered pharmacist in connection with the provision of pharmaceutical services, that registered pharmacist must either comply with that requirement or secure compliance with that requirement by the person whom they employ or engage, and

(b)if the NHS appliance contractor is not a natural person, that NHS appliance contractor must secure compliance with that requirement by a person whom it employs or engages,

and references in this Schedule to an NHS appliance contractor must be construed accordingly.

(2) Where this Schedule imposes a requirement on the director of a body corporate that is included in a pharmaceutical list, breach of that requirement must be deemed to be a breach by the body corporate of its terms of service.