The Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008

Made: 15th May 2008

Coming into operation: 1st June 2008

The Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland, in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 5 of the Pharmacy (Northern Ireland) Order 1976[^f00001], makes the following Regulations with the approval of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety[^f00002].

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 and shall come into operation on 1st June 2008.

2

In these Regulations “the principal regulations” means the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994[^f00003].

Amendment of the principal regulations

3

In regulation 2 of the principal regulations (registration fees) for “£217” there shall be substituted “£345”.

4

In regulation 3 of the principal regulations (restoration fees) for “£104” there shall be substituted “£112”.

5

In regulation 4 of the principal regulations (retention fees)—

• (a) in paragraph (1)(a) for “£319” there shall be substituted “£345”;

• (b) in paragraph (2)(a) for “£146” there shall be substituted “£158”;

• (c) in paragraph (2)(b) for “£117” there shall be substituted “£126”;

• (d) in paragraph (2)(c) for “£53” there shall be substituted “£126”.

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland on 15th May 2008 in the presence of

Raymond Anderson — Brendan Kerr — President — Registrar

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety hereby approves the foregoing Regulations.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 15th May 2008.

Christine Jendoubi — A senior officer of the — Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994 (S.R. 1994 No. 202) by increasing fees payable in respect of—

• (a) registration as a pharmaceutical chemist (regulation 2);

• (b) restoration of a person’s name to the register (regulation 3);

• (c) retention fees payable in respect of members of the society (regulation 4).

Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 1976/1213 (N.I. 22) as amended by S.R. 2004 No. 78

[^f00002]: S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1), Article 3(6)

[^f00003]: S.R. 1994 No. 202, as amended by S.R. 1996 No. 187, S.R. 1999 No. 217, S.R. 2002 No. 206, S.R. 2003 No. 356, S.R. 2005 No. 63, S.R. 2006 No. 207 and S.R. 2007 No. 287