New South Wales Repealed Acts

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PHARMACY ACT 1964 - SECT 27A

27A Exemptions for certain friendly societies

(1) Sections 24C, 25 and 26 do not apply to the carrying on of the business of a pharmacist by a friendly society at the same premises as, or at premises within 1.6 kilometres of, premises at which the friendly society operated a pharmacy on 31 July 1945.

(2) Sections 24C, 25 and 26 do not apply to the carrying on of the business of a pharmacist by a friendly society in accordance with a written approval given by the Minister.

(3) Such an approval is not to be given unless the Minister is satisfied that:

(a) the net profits arising from the operation of the pharmacy will be applied solely to the provision of benefits (other than benefits in the form of dividends or shares) to members of the friendly society, and

(b) the operation of the pharmacy is justified in the interests of members of the friendly society or of members of the public, or both.

(4) The Minister may give such an approval unconditionally or subject to conditions, and may at any time vary or revoke such an approval.

(5) Such an approval:

(a) is taken to be in force in respect of any pharmacy that, immediately before the repeal of the Friendly Societies Dispensaries Enabling Act 1945 , was being lawfully operated by a friendly society in reliance on section 2 (2A) and (2B) of that Act, and

(b) may be amended or revoked accordingly.

(6) A friendly society to which subclause (1) or (2) applies must not:

(a) carry on the business of a pharmacist in more than 6 pharmacies, or

(b) have a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in the business of a pharmacist carried on in more than 6 pharmacies, or

(c) carry on such a business in one or more pharmacies and have such an interest in one or more pharmacies so that the total number of pharmacies involved exceeds 6.

(7) A friendly society that contravenes subsection (6) is guilty of an offence against this Act.