Australian Capital Territory
Public Health (Community Pharmacy Ownership) Amendment Regulation 2012 (No 1)
Subordinate Law SL2012-30

The Australian Capital Territory Executive makes the following regulation under the Public Health Act 1997.
Dated 29 June  2012.
Katy Gallagher
Minister
Chris Bourke
Minister

Australian Capital Territory
Public Health (Community Pharmacy Ownership) Amendment Regulation 2012 (No 1)
Subordinate Law SL2012-30
made under the
Public Health Act 1997

    

1	Name of regulation
This regulation is the Public Health (Community Pharmacy Ownership) Amendment Regulation 2012 (No 1).
2	Commencement
This regulation commences on 2 July 2012.
Note	The naming and commencement provisions automatically commence on the notification day (see Legislation Act, s 75 (1)).
3	Legislation amended
This regulation amends the Public Health Regulation 2000.
4	New section 62
in division 5.6, insert
62	Ownership of pharmacy business
	(1)	A person must not own a pharmacy business unless the person is—
	(a)	a pharmacist; or
	(b)	a complying pharmacy corporation.
Maximum penalty:  10 penalty units.
	(2)	In this section:
community pharmacy—see the Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2008, dictionary.
complying pharmacy corporation—see the Health Act 1993, section 128A (Complying pharmacy corporation).
medicine—see the Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2008, section 11. 
own, for a pharmacy business—
	(a)	includes having a legal or beneficial interest in the pharmacy business; but
	(b)	does not include having an interest in the pharmacy business only because of being the public trustee or the personal legal representative of a deceased pharmacist.
pharmacy business means a business providing pharmacy services at a community pharmacy.
pharmacy services includes—
	(a)	the supply, compounding or dispensing of a medicine; and
	(b)	advice and counselling on the effective use of a medicine.
5	Dictionary, note 2
insert
·	pharmacist

Endnotes
1	Notification
	Notified under the Legislation Act on 29 June 2012.
2	Republications of amended laws
	For the latest republication of amended laws, see www.legislation.act.gov.au.

© Australian Capital Territory 2012