PHARMACY LICENCES (FEES) REGULATIONS

PHARMACY LICENCES (FEES)

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 458.53

PHARMACY LICENCES (FEES) REGULATIONS

1st January, 2008

LEGAL NOTICE 236 of 2008.

The title of these regulations is the Pharmacy Licences

(Fees) Regulations.

(Regulations 3 and 4)

Fees to be charged for the issuing or annual renewal of a Pharmacy Licence

Licence holders or applicants for the issuing of a Pharmacy Licence shall pay the

following fees

For pharmacy premises having a total footprint of -

less than 200m 2 ............................................................

(a)

€ 69.88;

more than 200m 2 but less than 400m 2 ..........................

(b)

€ 139.76;

more than 400m 2 but less than 800m 2 ..........................

(c)

€ 419.29;

more than 800m 2 , 5% of the rental value subject to a

(d)

fee of not less than .......................................................

€ 1164.69.

For the purposes of these regulations, "total footprint" means the total footprint

approved in relation to the premises according to the Malta Environment and

Planning Authority premises plan and shall include all areas used as clinics and any

storage space connected with the pharmacy premises.

For the purposes of these regulations, the "Licensing

Authority" and the "Medicines Authority" means the specific

authority established under articles 3 and 4 respectively of the

Medicines Act.

(1) The licensee of each pharmacy shall by the end of any

calendar year pay to the Licensing Authority, within thirty days of

receipt of an invoice, a trading fee for the next following year

which will be equivalent to the amount shown in the First Schedule

to these regulations.

(2) Where a licence is to be issued for pharmacy trading to be

carried out in Gozo, the relevant applicable fee shall be subjected

to a reduction of 25%.

Where a licence is transferred by its holder to any other

person or where, in relation to such licence, a change in premises

occurs, the payable fee for the remaining part of the current

calendar year shall be equivalent to the pro rata amount of fees

shown in the Schedule.

In order to ascertain the applicable fee in relation to any

pharmacy premises, the Medicines Authority may verify any such

information with regard to the said premises as is provided by a

licence holder or by an applicant for the issuing of a licence.

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