Statutory Instruments
2007 No. 3282
medicines
The Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applications for Registration and Fees) Amendment Regulations 2007
Made
14th November 2007
Laid before Parliament
22nd November 2007
Coming into force
1st January 2008
The Secretary of State and the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, acting jointly, make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 75(1), 76(1) and (2) and 129(1) and (5) of the Medicines Act 1968( 1 ), or in the case of the Minister, the powers conferred by those provisions and now vested in him( 2 ).
In accordance with section 129(6) of that Act, they have consulted such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by the Regulations.
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applications for Registration and Fees) Amendment Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 1 st January 2008.
Amendment of the Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applications for Registration and Fees) Regulations 1973
2. In regulation 3 (fees) of the Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applications for Registration and Fees) Regulations 1973( 3 )—
(a) in paragraph (1) (fee for registration of premises), for “£492” substitute “£510” and for “£97” (fee where premises are in Northern Ireland) substitute “£102”;
(b) in paragraph (2) (retention fee), for “£156” substitute “£162” and for “£135” (fee where premises are in Northern Ireland) substitute “£142”; and
(c) in paragraph (3) (additional sum by way of penalty), for “£492” substitute “£510” and for “£281” (sum where premises are in Northern Ireland) substitute “£295”.
Revocation
3.The Medicines (Pharmacies) (Applications for Registration and Fees) Amendment Regulations 2006( 4 ) are revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Dawn Primarolo
Minister of State,
Department of Health
12th November 2007
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
Michael McGimpsey
Minister for Health,
Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
14th November 2007
1968 c.67 . The expression “the Ministers”, which is relevant to the powers being exercised in the making of these Regulations, is defined in section 1 of the Act as amended by Schedule 1 to S.I. 1969/388 , paragraph 1(1) of the Schedule to S.I. 1999/3142 and paragraph 2 of Part I of Schedule 8 to S.I. 2006/2407 ; section 76(6) of the Act was omitted by paragraph 40 of Part I of Schedule 8 to S.I. 2006/2407 . The word “prescribed” is defined in section 132(1) of the Act.
By virtue of section 95(5) of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 12 to, the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47) ; the Department was renamed by virtue of Article 3(6) of S.I. 1999/283 (N.I.1.) .
S.I. 1973/1822 ; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1980/1806 and S.I. 2006/3264 .