Pharmacy Control Act 2001
71HRegistration of pharmacy business premises may be cancelled or suspended
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71H Registration of pharmacy business premises may be cancelled or suspended
[Section 71H Inserted by No. 62 of 2005, s. 22, Applied:15 Dec 2005]
(1) [Section 71H Subsection (1) amended by No. 47 of 2010, s. 37, Applied:01 Feb 2011] The Authority may cancel or suspend the registration of premises as pharmacy business premises if it is satisfied that –
(a) the premises have temporarily ceased to be used for the purposes of a pharmacy business; or
(b) [Section 71H Subsection (1) amended by No. 47 of 2010, s. 37, Applied:01 Feb 2011] [Section 71H Subsection (1) amended by No. 47 of 2010, s. 37, Applied:01 Feb 2011] having regard to the matters set out in section 71E(3) , the premises are no longer suitable to be used for the purposes of a pharmacy business; or
(c) [Section 71H Subsection (1) amended by No. 47 of 2010, s. 37, Applied:01 Feb 2011] [Section 71H Subsection (1) amended by No. 22 of 2016, s. 25, Applied:01 Jan 2017] there has been, in respect of the premises, a failure to comply with a decision of the Authority made pursuant to section 59A(1)(b) within the time specified in a notice under section 59A(1) or, if no time is specified, within a time that the Authority considers reasonable.
(2) [Section 71H Subsection (2) amended by No. 47 of 2010, s. 37, Applied:01 Feb 2011] The Authority is to cancel the registration of premises as pharmacy business premises if it is satisfied that –
(a) the premises have been, or are about to be, demolished; or
(b) the premises have ceased permanently to be, or are incapable of ever again being, used for the purposes of a pharmacy business.
(3) If the Authority decides to cancel or suspend the registration of any premises as pharmacy business premises, it is to make an appropriate entry to that effect in the register and give the owner of the relevant pharmacy business notice of –