SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 34Amendments to existing law

PART 6Northern Ireland statutory rules

Health and Personal Social Services (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004

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1

The Health and Personal Social Services (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 M1 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 2—

a

in the definition “licensing authority” for “section 6(3) of the Medicines Act 1968” substitute “ regulation 6 of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 ”;

b

omit the definition “the POM Order” and

c

in the definition “prescription only medicine” for the words from “referred” to the end of the definition substitute “ within the meaning of regulation 5(3) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 ”.

3

In regulation 47(2) for the words from “Part 3” to the end of the regulation substitute “ Part 12 of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 ”.

4

In Schedule 5—

a

in paragraph 11A(1) in the definition “Patient Group Direction” for “the Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Order 1997” substitute “ the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 ”; and

b

in paragraph 41(2)(a)—

i

for “article 3B(3) of the POM Order” substitute “ regulation 215 of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 ”; and

ii

for “that Order” substitute “ those Regulations ”.