Pharmacy Amendment Act 1962
Pharmacy Amendment Act 1962
Pharmacy Amendment Act 1962
Pharmacy Amendment Act 1962
Public Act |
1962 No 11 |
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Date of assent |
7 September 1962 |
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An Act to amend the Pharmacy Act 1939
BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
1 Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Pharmacy Amendment Act 1962, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Pharmacy Act 1939 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).
2 Constitution of Board
(1)
Subsection (2) of section 5 of the principal Act is hereby amended by repealing paragraph (c), and substituting the following paragraph:
“(c)
Two chemists (neither being the proprietor nor the enrolled manager of a pharmacy) of whom—
“(i)
One shall be resident in the North Island and shall be elected in the prescribed manner by members of the Society whose registered addresses are in the North Island and who are neither proprietors nor enrolled managers of pharmacies; and
“(ii)
One shall be resident in the South Island and shall be elected in the prescribed manner by members of the Society whose registered addresses are in the South Island and who are neither proprietors nor enrolled managers of pharmacies.”
(2)
Subsection (3) of section 5 of the principal Act is hereby repealed.
(3)
Paragraph (b) of subsection (6a) of section 5 of the principal Act (as inserted by section 25 of the Statutes Amendment Act 1950) is hereby amended by omitting the words “being a person nominated by the New Zealand Federated Shop Assistants’ Industrial Association of Workers”
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(4)
Section 5 of the principal Act is hereby further amended by adding the following subsection:
“(9)
For the purposes of this section the term ‘proprietor’ means a chemist who is either—
“(a)
The owner or part owner of a pharmacy; or
“(b)
A shareholder in a company which is the owner or part owner of a pharmacy.”
(5)
Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the persons in office immediately before the commencement of this Act under paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section 5 of the principal Act shall remain in office until their successors are elected or appointed in accordance with the principal Act as amended by this Act.
This Act is administered in the Department of Health.