Commentary on Sections Part 3Chapter 2 .Medicines and Pharmacies Section 29: Control of pharmacy premises: representative of pharmacist in case of death or disability
142.Section 29 amends section 72 of the Medicines Act, which specifies the conditions that apply where a pharmacist carrying on a retail pharmacy business dies or is otherwise prevented from carrying on his business (e.g. if he is adjudged bankrupt) and a representative carries on his business. Section 29 amends the provisions so as to remove the requirement that at each premises the retail pharmacy business is under the personal control of a pharmacist, replacing it with a requirement for there to be a responsible pharmacist, as in the amended sections 70 and 71.