61BApplying to hold an interest in pharmacy business

61B Applying to hold an interest in pharmacy business

[Section 61B Inserted by No. 47 of 2010, s. 18, Applied:01 Feb 2011]

(1)  [Section 61B Subsection (1) amended by No. 22 of 2016, s. 11, Applied:01 Jan 2017] [Section 61B Subsection (1) amended by No. 22 of 2016, s. 11, Applied:01 Jan 2017] A person, including a body corporate, that intends to hold an interest in a pharmacy business must apply to the Authority for a certificate deeming the person to be eligible to hold an interest in a pharmacy business (an eligibility certificate), unless the person is an exempt person.

(2)  An application is to be –

(a) in an approved form; and

(b) lodged with the Authority; and

(c) accompanied by the prescribed application fee, if any; and

(d) accompanied by such information or evidence as the Authority requires.

(3)  [Section 61B Subsection (3) amended by No. 22 of 2016, s. 11, Applied:01 Jan 2017] The Authority may require the applicant to provide such further information or evidence as it considers necessary in order to consider the application.

(4)  The Authority may waive all or part of the application fee.

(5)  The Authority, after considering an application for an eligibility certificate may –

(a) issue an eligibility certificate; or

(b) refuse to issue an eligibility certificate.

(6)  The Authority must issue an eligibility certificate to an applicant if –

(a) the applicant is an eligible person within the meaning of section 61C ; and

(b) the applicant is a fit and proper person, and in the case of a body corporate each of its members is a fit and proper person, to hold an interest in a pharmacy business; and