Pharmacy Acts Amendment Act 1898
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1898 c. 25 |
| Year | 1898 |
Pharmacy Acts Amendment Act, 1898
(61 & 62 Vict.) CHAPTER 25.
An Act to amend the Pharmacy Acts, 1852 and 1868.
[25th July 1898]
Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
1 Interpretation.
1. In this Act the term ‘chemist and druggist’ shall have the same meaning as in the Pharmacy Act, 1868 and ‘the Society’ shall mean the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.
2 ‘Apprentices or students’ eligible to be elected ‘student associates.’
2. Every person who at the time of the passing of this Act shall have been duly registered as an ‘apprentice or student,’ and who, under the provisions set forth in section ten of the Pharmacy Act, 1852, has been admitted to and at that time remains in the Society as a ‘student,’ shall be registered as a ‘student-associate’ of the Society; and every person who at the time of the passing of this Act shall have been duly registered, or who thereafter shall become registered as an ‘apprentice or student,’ shall be eligible to be elected a ‘student-associate’ of the Society according to the byelaws thereof.
3 Registered chemists and druggists eligible to be elected ‘members.’
3. Every person who at the time of the passing of this Act shall have been registered as a chemist and druggist, or who shall hereafter become registered as a chemist and druggist, shall be eligible to be elected a ‘member’ of the Society according to the byelaws thereof.
4 Retirement of members of the Council by rotation.
4. In lieu of the provisions contained in the Royal Charter of Incorporation of the Society, whereby it is provided that two-thirds of the members of the Council shall in every year go out of office, the following provisions shall, after the passing of this Act, have effect:—
(1) 1. On the ordinary day of election of members of the Council in every year seven members of the Council shall go out of office, and the vacancies shall be filled by election, the retiring members being eligible for re-election:
(2) 2. The seven members who go out shall be the members of the Council who have been longest in office without re-election:
(3) 3. If...
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