Section 136: Designation of priority neighbourhoods or premises

National Health Service Act 2006 · 2006 c. 41View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 7: Pharmaceutical services and local pharmaceutical services — Chapter 2: Local pharmaceutical services: pilot schemes

The Secretary of State may make regulations allowing NHS England to designate—

relevant areas,
premises, or
descriptions of premises,

for the purposes of this section.

The regulations may, in particular, make provision—

as to the circumstances in which, and the relevant areas or premises in relation to which, designations may be made or maintained,
allowing NHS England to defer consideration of pharmaceutical list applications relating to relevant areas, premises or descriptions of premises that have been designated,
allowing a designation to be cancelled in prescribed circumstances,
requiring a designation to be cancelled—
if the Secretary of State gives a direction to that effect, or
in prescribed circumstances.

"Pharmaceutical list applications" means applications for inclusion in a pharmaceutical list.

"Relevant area" has the same meaning as in section 129(2A).

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