Alterations to the Byelaws: Annual Register of Pharmaceutical Chemists
and fees payable to the Society
Notice is hereby given in accordance with Section XXVIII of the Byelaws that
the Council of the Society has approved proposals to alter the Byelaws concerning
the Annual Register of Pharmaceutical Chemists (Third Schedule) and the fees
payable to the Society (Fourth Schedule) as hereunder and that it intends to
make such alterations after the expiry of 60 days from the date of this notice,
subject to such amendments as the Lords of the Privy Council may require.
Third Schedule
The definition of a practising pharmacist, as set out in the third Schedule
to the Byelaws shall be amended as follows:
“* a practising pharmacist is a member who undertakes any work
in, or gives advice in relation to, the practice of pharmacy or healthcare.”
Fourth Schedule
The fourth Schedule to the Byelaws shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced
as follows —
FOURTH SCHEDULE: FEES PAYABLE TO THE SOCIETY
Annual retention fee
1. The annual retention fee payable by a member in accordance with Section
II(2) of these Byelaws shall be as follows —
(a) pharmacists practising in England, Scotland or Wales, shall pay a retention
fee of £267;
(b) pharmacists practising outside England, Scotland or Wales —
(i) who are not registered with the authority responsible for the regulation
of pharmacy in the jurisdiction in which they are practising, or
(ii) who are required by local law or practice to be registered with the Society
in order to practise within that jurisdiction,
shall pay a retention fee of £267;
(c) pharmacists outside England, Scotland or Wales —
(i) who are registered with an authority responsible for the regulation of
pharmacy in any jurisdiction outside England, Scotland or Wales, and
(ii) who are not required by local law or practice to be registered with the
Society in order to practise within that jurisdiction,
shall pay a retention fee of £106;
(d) non-practising pharmacists who are resident in England, Scotland or Wales,
and who have been continuously registered with the Society for a period of
fifty years or more, shall pay a retention fee of £20; and
(e) non-practising pharmacists who are resident in England, Scotland or Wales,
and who have not been continuously registered with the Society for a period
of fifty years, shall pay a retention fee of £60.
Upgrade fee
2. The fees payable in respect of any pharmacist who wishes to upgrade his
registration status within the period covered by the retention fee already
paid, shall be as follows —
(a) pharmacists who have paid the retention fee specified in paragraph 1(c)
and who —
(i) wish to practise in England, Scotland or Wales, or
(ii) are subsequently required to register with the Society in order to practise
in another jurisdiction,
shall pay an additional fee of £161;
(b) pharmacists who have paid the retention fee specified in paragraph 1(d)
who wish to upgrade to practising status shall pay an additional fee of £247;
(c) pharmacists who have paid the retention fee specified in paragraph 1(e)
who wish to upgrade to practising status shall pay an additional fee of £207;
(d) pharmacists who have paid the retention fee specified in paragraph 1(d)
and who —
(i) subsequently wish to practise outside England, Scotland or Wales, and
(ii) meet the requirements of paragraph 1(c),
shall pay an additional £86; and
(e) pharmacists who have paid the retention fee specified in paragraph 1(e)
and who —
(i) subsequently wish to practise outside England, Scotland or Wales, and
(ii) meet the requirements of paragraph 1(c),
shall pay an additional £46.
Restoration fee
3. (1) Subparagraph (2) below, shall not apply to any pharmacist —
(a) whose name was removed from the Register, during the period 1 December
2004 and 6 April 2005; and
(b) whose name was removed upon his own request, or for non payment of the
retention fee; and
(c) who, in the period immediately prior to the removal of his name from the
register, was practising outside England, Scotland or Wales; or
(d) who, prior to the removal of his name from the register, had been continuously
registered with the Society for more than fifty years.
(2) The fee payable by any person whose name has been removed from the register —
(a) for non payment of the annual retention fee; or
(b) following a direction issued by the Society’s Statutory Committee,
and who applies to the Society to have his name restored to the register, shall
be £509.
4. (1) Subparagraph (2) below, shall not apply to any pharmacist —
(a) whose name was removed from the Register, during the period 1 December
2004 and 6 April 2005; and
(b) whose name was removed upon his own request, or for non-payment of the
retention fee; and
(c) who, in the period immediately prior to the removal of his name from the
register, was practising outside England, Scotland or Wales; or
(d) who, prior to the removal of his name from the register, had been continuously
registered with the Society for more than fifty years.
(2) A person whose application for the voluntary removal of his name from the
register is accepted by the Society, and who then subsequently applies to the
Society to have his name restored to the register, shall pay an application
fee of £125.
5. Any person whose name is restored to the register shall pay, in addition
to any fee they may be required to pay in accordance with paragraph (3) or
(4) above, the annual retention pay specified in paragraph (1)(a)-(e).
Application fee for recognition as a supplementary prescriber
6. Any pharmacist applying to be recognised as a Supplementary Prescriber shall
pay an application fee of £35.
Application fee for registration of overseas pharmacists under reciprocal
arrangements
7. The application fee for registration pursuant to an agreement entered into
in accordance with the provisions of Section XIX (1) and (3) of these Bylaws
shall be £129.
Fees for persons wishing to registered under the Pharmacy Act 1954
8. The application fee for registration in accordance with the provisions of
Section XIX (5) and XIX (6)(e)(iii) of these Byelaws shall be £129.
9. The fees payable in respect of Section XIX (6)(e)(i) and (ii) of these Byelaws
shall be as follows —
(a) the fee for examination of evidence shall be £595; and
(b) the fee for inquiry before, and interview by, the Adjudicating Committee
shall be £595.
Application fee for registration by persons having completed preregistration
training within Great Britain
10. The fee for applications pursuant to Section XX (3) of these Byelaws shall
be £129.
Fees in respect of preregistration training
11. The fees payable in respect of Section XX (21)(b) of these Byelaws shall
be £144.
12. The fees payable in respect of Section XX (26) of these Byelaws shall be
as follows —
(a) the examination fee shall be £170;
(b) the late entry fee shall be £340;
13. The fees payable in respect of Section XX (27) of these Byelaws shall be
as follows —
(a) the examination resit fee shall be £170;
(b) the late entry fee shall be £340.
Ann Lewis
Secretary and Registrar
Explanatory Note
(1) The amount
of fees, and new categories of fee, set out in the amended fourth Schedule
were determined by the Council
at its meeting on 2 and 3 August 2005. |
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