
1 

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000.
(2) These Regulations extend to England only.
2 

(1) In the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 1992, regulation 2 (interpretation) is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (1), in the definition of “prescription form”, before “or an NHS trust”, insert “a Primary Care Trust,”.
(3) In paragraph (1A) (which describes nurse prescribers who may issue prescription forms), in each of sub-head (aa) of sub-paragraph (a)(iii) and sub-head (aa) of sub-paragraph (b)(ii), for “or an NHS trust”, substitute “, an NHS trust or a Primary Care Trust, or by a local authority in connection with arrangements prescribed under section 31(2)(c) of the Health Act 1999”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Hunt
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Department of Health
6th March 2000