The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Amendment Regulations 2005

• Citation: S.I. 2005/1015
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation, commencement and extent

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Amendment Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 1 st April 2005.

(2) These Regulations shall apply in relation to England only .

Section 2 Amendment to the Pharmaceutical Services Regulations

The following amendments are made the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2005 —

(a) in regulation 12 (necessary or desirable test)—

(i) in paragraph (2)(a)(i) and (ii), after “any pharmaceutical services” insert “or directed services”,

(ii) in paragraph (2)(b)(i) and (ii), after “pharmaceutical services” insert “or directed services”, and

(iii) in paragraph (3), after “any pharmaceutical services” insert “or directed services”;

(b) in regulation 56 (standards of, and payments, for drugs and appliances)—

(i) in paragraph (1)(g), insert at the end “or directed services”,

(ii) in paragraphs (1)(h) and (i), after “pharmaceutical services” insert “or directed services”, and

(iii) in paragraph (2), after “pharmaceutical services” insert “or directed services”.

(c) in regulation 60 (arrangements for provision of pharmaceutical services by doctors)—

(i) in paragraph (4)(a) and (b), after “listed premises” insert “in the case of a patient falling within paragraph (1)(b) or (c) or practice premises in the case of a patient falling within paragraph (1)(a)”, and

(ii) in paragraph (6), after “listed premises” insert “or practice premises”.