AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

PHARMACY REGULATIONS (REPEAL)

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

No. 4 of 1985

The repeal of the Pharmacy Regulations is part of the final stages in the review of the Pharmacy Ordinance, 1931.  The repeal is in accord with the standard approach in A.C.T. health professions registration legislation.

The substance of the regulations is carried out by the Pharmacy (Amendment) Ordinance, 1984, in that the fees which were prescribed by regulation are now determined by the Minister for Health by written notice published in the Gazette pursuant to the new Section 50 of the Pharmacy Ordinance, 1931.  Because the definition of “medicated wine” formerly at sub-section 5(1) has been omitted from the Ordinance, Regulation 7 is no longer necessary.  The change in relation to the method of prescribing fees was made possible by an amendment in 1982 to the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910.  It was recognised that determinations hasten the implementation of new fees and reduce the workload of legislative draftsmen.

EXPLANATION

The undermentioned sections of the Pharmacy Ordinance, 1931 relate to fees for the following purposes:

24(d) .....	initial registration as a pharmacist.

25(6) .....	issue of a duplicate certificate of registration as a pharmacist.

26(1) .....	renewal of registration as a pharmacist.

28(3) .....	entry of alterations to particulars in the Register of pharmacists.

29(1) .....	provisional registration (pending an application for registration).

30(1) .....	temporary registration.

30(2) .....	renewal of temporary registration.

31(2) .....	special registration entitling a person with pharmacy qualifications outside Australia to practice as a pharmacist for the purpose of education and dissemination of knowledge.

31(3) .....	renewal of special registration.

48(1)(a) ..	inspection of an entry in the Register of pharmacists.

48(1)(b) ..	certified copy of an entry in the Register of pharmacists.