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2002 No. 397

HEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES

Pharmaceutical Services and Charges for Drugs and Appliances (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

  Made 18th December 2002 
  Coming into operation 1st February 2003 

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety[1] in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 63(1), (2), (2A) to (2D), 64, 98, 106, 106(b) 107(6) and Schedule 15 to the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972[2] and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, and in conjunction with the Department of Finance and Personnel and after consultation with such organisations as appear to the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to be representative of the pharmaceutical profession as required by Article 63(3) of that Order, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencelment and interpretation
     1.  - (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Pharmaceutical Services and Charges for Drugs and Appliances (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 and shall come into operation on 1st February 2003.

    (2) In these Regulations-

Amendment of regulation 2 of the Pharmaceutical Regulations
     2.  - (1) Regulation 2 of the Pharmaceutical Regulations (interpretation) is amended as follows.

    (2) In paragraph (1)-

    (3) For paragraph (2) there shall be substituted-

Amendment of Schedule 2 to the Pharmaceutical Regulations
     3. In Schedule 2 to the Pharmaceutical Regulations (terms of service)-

Amendment of regulation 2 of the Charges for Drugs and Appliances Regulations
    
4.  - (1) Regulation 2 of the Charges for Drugs and Appliances Regulations (interpretation) is amended as follows-

    (2) In paragraph (1) in the definition of "nurse prescriber", for "nurse or health visitor" there is substituted "nurse, midwife or health visitor".

    (3) For paragraph (2) there shall be substituted-



Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on


18th December 2002.

L.S.


James F. Livingstone
A senior officer of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety


The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby approves the foregoing Regulations.



Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on


18th December 2002.

L.S.


N. Taylor
A senior officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel


EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)


These Regulations further amend the Pharmaceutical Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997, and the Charges for Drugs and Appliances Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 to extend the categories of nurse, midwife or health visitor who may prescribe under the Health Service in Northern Ireland.

Copies of the British National Formulary are available from the Stationery Office Bookshop, 16 Arthur Street, Belfast BT1 4GD.


Notes:

[1] See S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1) Article 3(6)back

[2] S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I. 14) relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1978/1907 (N.I. 26) Article 14, S.I. 1986/2023 (N.I. 20) Articles 5(1) and (2); S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1) Articles 31(1) and (2); S.I. 1992/2671 (N.I. 18) Article 3 and S.I. 1997/1177 (N.I. 7) Article 29 and 2001 c. 3 (N.I.) Section 48back

[3] S.R. 1997 No. 381; relevant amending instruments are S.R. 1999 No. 254; S.R. 2001 No. 222 and S.R. 2002 No. 92back

[4] S.R. 1997 No. 382; relevant amending instruments are S.R 1999 No. 166back

[5] See Article 3 of the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001, S.I. 2002/253back

[6] S.I. 2002/253back

[7] Approved by S.I. 1983/873, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulationsback



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Prepared 9 January 2003


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