Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 and shall come into operation on 1st June 1999.

(2) In these Regulations “the principal regulations” means the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994(2).

Amendment of the principal Regulations

2.  In regulation 2 of the principal regulations (registration fees) for “£100” there shall be substituted “£120”.

3.  In regulation 4 of the principal regulations (retention fees)–

(a)in paragraph (1)(a) for “£100” there shall be substituted “£120”;

(b)in paragraph (2)(b) for “£45” there shall be substituted “£55”;

(c)in paragraph (2)(c) for “£20” there shall be substituted “£25”.

4.  In regulation 5 of the principal regulations (Penalty)–

(a)in paragraph (a) for “£50” there shall be substituted “£60”;

5.  In regulation 9, after paragraph 2(d) there is added the following paragraph–

“(e)he has not failed an examination set by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain for registration as a pharmaceutical chemist in Great Britain.”.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

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)retention fees payable in respect of members of the Society (regulation 4);

(c)penalty for default in payment of the retention fee (regulation 5).