Pharmacy (Amendment) Act 1952 (NSW)

PHARMACY (AMENDMENT) ACT.

Act No. 8, 1952.

An Act to amend the Pharmacy Act, 1897, and certain other Acts in certain respects; and for purposes connected therewith. [Assented to, 17th April, 1952.]

,j(2) The Pharmacy Act, 1897, as amended by subse- quent Acts and by this Act, may be cited as the Pharmacy Aifo 1897-1952. (3)

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis-	lative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South
Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the -same, as follows:—

; 1 . (1) This Act may be cited as the "Pharmacy

(Amendment) Act, 1952."

(3) (a) This section and section two of this Act shall commence upon the day upon which Her Majesty's assent to this Act is signified.

(b) Section three of this Act shall commence upon a day to be appointed by the Governor and notified by proclamation published in the Gazette.

2.     The Pharmacy Act, 1897, as amended by subsequent

Acts, is amended—

(a) by inserting at the end of subparagraph (i) of paragraph (g) of section eleven the following proviso:—

Provided that the Board may, upon applica­ tion made to the Board in the prescribed manner and form and supported by such evidence as the Board requires, accept in lieu of any part of the requirements specified in the foregoing provisions of this subparagraph a course of training in the Australian Capital Territory which in the opinion of the Board is of a standard substantially similar to the standard fixed by or under this Act for that part of those requirements;

(b) by omitting from subparagraph (iii) of the same paragraph the words "under this Ac t " and by inserting in lieu thereof the words "by the Senate of the University of Sydney."

3 . The Pharmacy Act, 1897, as amended by subsequent

Acts, is further amended—

(a) by inserting next after paragraph (g) of section eleven the following word and new paragraph:—

or

(h) (i) has passed through a regular graded course in pharmacy of three years duration at the University of Sydney, and has received from that University after due examina­ tion a degree or diploma in pharmacy; and

(ii)

(ii)   satisfies the Board that after having qualified for such degree or diploma he has served as an assistant for a period of not less than twelve months in the business of a registered pharmacist in New South Wales or the Australian Capital Territory, keeping open shop for the purpose of dispensing and compounding medical prescrip­ tions; or for a like period as an assistant to a registered pharma­ cist in charge of a dispensary of a Friendly Society in New South Wales or the Australian Capital Terr i tory; or for a like period as an assistant to a registered phar­ macist who is also a managing director or general manager of a company where such assistantship is served in open shop kept by such company in New South Wales or the Australian Capital Territory for the purpose of dispensing and

compounding medical prescrip­

tions; or for a like period as an assistant to a registered pharma­ cist in charge of a dispensary in an open shop kept by a company in New South Wales or the Aus­ tralian Capital Territory for the purpose of dispensing or com­

pounding medicines. In this subparagraph "regis­

tered pharmacist" means a phar­

macist whose name is entered on the register kept in pursuance of this Act or on the register kept in pursuance of the law for the time being in force in the Australian Capital Territory relating to the registration of pharmacists.

(b)

(b) by inserting next after section eleven the following new section:—

11A. (1) No articles of apprenticeship in pharmacy shall be entered into after the commencement of this section.

(2) Any articles of apprenticeship

entered into in contravention of this section

shall be void and of no effect.