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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Pharmaceutical Services (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 1st February 1998.
(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Pharmaceutical Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997.
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In regulation 7 of the principal Regulations (removal from pharmaceutical list)—
(a) in paragraph (1) after the word “shall” there shall be inserted the words “, subject to paragraph (1A),”; and
(b) after paragraph (1) there shall be inserted—“
(1A) The name of any chemist whose business is carried on by representatives in accordance with the provisions of section 72 of the Medicines Act 1968 shall not be removed from the pharmaceutical list under paragraph (1) so long as the business is carried on by them in accordance with the provisions of that Act, and the representatives agree to be bound by the terms of service.”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on
Joan Dixon
Assistant Secretary
22nd December 1997.Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on
J. G. Sullivan
Assistant Secretary
22nd December 1997.