The Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Order 2007

The Society’s general duties

4.—(1) The main objective of the Society (including its Council, its staff and its committees) in exercising such of the Society’s functions as affect the health and safety of members of the public is to protect, promote and maintain their health and safety.

(2) In exercising its functions, the Society (including its Council, its staff and its committees) shall—

(a) have proper regard to the interests of—

(i) persons using or needing the services of registered pharmacists in Great Britain,

(ii) persons using or needing the services of registered pharmacy technicians in England and Wales, and

(iii) all registrants and prospective registrants, and to any differing interests of registered pharmacists and registered pharmacy technicians or groups within those professions; and

(b) co-operate, in so far as is appropriate and reasonably practicable, with public authorities or other bodies or persons concerned with—

(i) the employment (whether or not under a contract of service) of registrants,

(ii) the education or training of registrants, prospective registrants or other health care professionals,

(iii) the regulation of, or the co-ordination of the regulation of, other health or social care professions, and

(iv) the regulation of, or carrying out activities in connection with the regulation of, health services.

(3) In carrying out its duty to co-operate under paragraph (2)(b), the Society shall have regard to any differing considerations in relation to practising as—

(a) a pharmacist which apply in England, Scotland or Wales; or

(b) a pharmacy technician which apply in England or Wales.