PHARMACIES (OPENING HOURS) RULES

PHARMACIES (OPENING HOURS)

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 458.28

PHARMACIES (OPENING HOURS) RULES

9th November, 2010

LEGAL NOTICE 476 of 2010, as amended by Legal Notice 64 of 2022.

The title of these rules is the Pharmacies (Opening Hours)

Rules.

(1) Any pharmacy in Malta and Gozo shall be open from at

least 9.00 a.m. till 12.00 noon and from 4.00 p.m. till 7.00 p.m.

from Monday to Saturday and may remain open for any period

beyond these hours.

(2) On Saturday afternoon the managing pharmacist may not

open his pharmacy as long as there is another pharmacy which is

open in that locality as defined in the Second Schedule to the Local

Government Act and according to a roster issued by the Licensing

Authority

Provided that in those localities where there is only one

pharmacy, such pharma cy will b e included in the roste r of

p h a r m a c i es f o r t h e n e i g h b o u r i n g l o c a l i t y a s t h e L i c e n s i n g

Authority may determine.

(3) It shall be the duty of the managing pharmacist who does

not open his pharmacy on a Saturday afternoon to have clearly

displayed on the door of his pharmacy the name and address of the

pharmacy which is open in that locality, as defined in the Second

Schedule to the Local Government Act, and according to the roster

issued by the Licensing Authority

It shall be the duty of the managing pharmacist to ensure

that on Sundays and public holidays his pharmacy shall at least be

open from 9.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon and from 4.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m.

strictly in accordance with the roster issued for this purpose by the

Licensing Authority

Provided that the provisions of this rule shall not apply for

that pharmacy at the Malta International Airport.