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OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
No. 548 12 April 1995
NO. 6 OF 1995: PHARMACY AMENDMENT ACT, 1995.
It is hereby notified that the President has assented to the following Act,
which is hereby published for general information:
GENERAL EXPLANATORY NOTE:
** ** Words between two asterisks indicate omissions from existing enactments.
<< >> Words between two pointed brackets indicate insertions in existing
enactments.
ACT
To amend the Pharmacy Act, 1974, so as to insert certain definitions and to
amend others; to provide for the establishment, constitution and objects of
the Interim Pharmacy Council of South Africa; to provide for the abolition of
the South African Pharmacy Council; and to provide for the repeal of certain
laws in respect of the pharmaceutical profession which remained in force in
the various territories. of the national territory of the Republic by virtue
of section 229 of the Constitution; and to provide for matters connected
therewith.
(English text signed by the President.)
(Assented to 6 April 1995.)
BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:-
Amendment of section 1 of Act 53 of 1974, as amended by section 1 of Act 20 of
1979, section 1 of Act 20 of 1983, section 1 of Act 69 of 1985 and section 23 of
Act 94 of 1991
1. Section 1 of the Pharmacy Act, 1974 (hereinafter referred to as the
principal Act), is hereby amended-
(a) by the insertion before the definition of "corporation" of the
following definition:
"<<'Ciskeian Medical Council' means the Ciskeian Medical Council
established by section 2 of the Health Professions and Related
Health Practices Act, 1984 (Act No. 36 of 1984) (Ciskei);";>>
(b) by the insertion after the definition of "council" of the following
definition:
"<<'Director-General'means the Director-General: Health or his or her
nominee;>>";
(c) by the substitution for the definition of "Minister" of the following
definition:
" 'Minister' means the Minister of Health **and Welfare**;";
(d) by the deletion of the definition of "Republic";
(e) by the insertion after the definition of "scheduled substance" of the
following definition:
"<<'South African Pharmacy Council' means the South African Pharmacy
Council referred to in section 2 of this Act prior to its amendment by
the Pharmacy Amendment Act, 1995;>>"; and by the insertion after the
definition of "this Act" of the following definition:
"<<'Transkeian Medical Council' means the Transkeian Medical Council
established by section 2 of the Medical, Allied and Supplementary
Professions Act, 1976 (Act No. 30 of 1976) (Transkei);>>".
Substitution of heading to Chapter 1 of Act 53 of 1974
2. The following heading is hereby substituted for the heading to Chapter I
of the principal Act:
"**Continued Existence** <<Establishment>> and Objects, Powers and
Functions of the **South African Pharmacy Board** <<Interim
Pharmacy Council of South Africa>>".
Substitution of section 2 of Act 53 of 1974, as substituted by section 2 of Act
69 of 1985
3. The following section is hereby substituted for section 2 of the
principal Act:
"Establishment of Interim Pharmacy Council of South Africa
<<2. (1) There is hereby established a juristic person to be known as
the Interim Pharmacy Council of South Africa and the first meeting
of the council shall be convened by the Director-General.
(2) The head office of the council shall be situated in Pretoria.>>".
Amendment of section 3 of Act 53 of 1974
4. Section 3 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the deletion of
the word "and" at the end of paragraph (c) and the addition of the following
paragraphs:
"<<(e) to make recommendations to the Minister on the constitution of a new
council within a period not exceeding 24 months calculated as from the
date of commencement of the Pharmacy Amendment Act, 1995; and
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(g) to advise the Minister with regard to the amendment or adjustment of
this Act in order to support the universal norms and values of the
pharmaceutical profession, with greater emphasis on professional
practice, democracy, transparency, equity, accessibility and com-
munity involvement.>>".
Amendment of section 4 of Act 53 of 1974
5. Section 4 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the deletion of
the proviso to paragraph (h).
Substitution of section 5 of Act 53 of 1974, as amended by section 2 of Act 20
of 1979
and section 3 of Act 69 of 1985
6. The following section is hereby substituted for section 5 of the
principal Act:
"Constitution of council
<<5. (1) The council shall consist of the following members, appointed by
the Minister, namely-
(a) nine registered pharmacists nominated by the South African
Pharmacy Council from its members, three of whom shall each be
a member of the staff of a university or a technikon (but not
members of the same staff) at which provision is made for the
training of pharmacists;
(b) three registered pharmacists nominated by the Ciskeian Medical
Council;
(c) three registered pharmacists nominated by the Transkeian
Medical Council;
(d) an officer of the Department of Health;
(e) one person registered as a medical practitioner in terms of the
Medical, Dental and Supplementary Health Service Professions
Act, 1974 (Act No. 56 of 1974), and who practices as such; one
person registered as a nurse in terms of the Nursing Act, 1978
(Act No. 50 of 1978), and who practises as such;
(g) one person appointed on account of his or her knowledge of the
law;
(h) six other persons.
(2) The councils referred to in subsection (1) (a), (b) and (c)
shall, within 14 days of the commencement of the Pharmacy
Amendment Act, 1995, inform the Director-General in writing of
the names of the persons nominated by them in terms of the
relevant provisions of subsection (1).
(3) (a) If a council referred to in subsection (1) (a), (b) or (c)
fails to nominate persons in terms of the said provisions or
fails to inform the Director-General under subsection (2) of
the names of the persons so nominated, the Minister shall
appoint qualified persons up to the number required, as members
of the council.
(b) The Director-General shall, in the case of a failure contem-
plated in paragraph (a), immediately inform the Minister
thereof in writing.
(4) The Minister shall as soon as possible after the appointment of
the members of the council inform the Director-General of the
names of persons appointed by him or her.
(5) The names of the members of the council and the date of
commencement of their period of office shall be made known by
the Director-General in the Gazette as soon as possible after
the constitution of the council.
(6) Subject to the provisions of section 7, the members of the
council shall hold office as from the date contemplated in
subsection (5) until the date of constitution of a new council,
but not exceeding 24 months.".>>
Repeal of section 6 of Act 53 of 1974
7. Section 6 of the principal Act is hereby repealed.
Amendment of section 7 of Act 53 of 1974, as amended by section 5 of Act
69 of 1985
and section 46 of Act 97 of 1986
8. Section 7 of the principal Act is hereby amended-
(a) by the substitution for paragraph (g) of subsection (t) of the
following paragraph:
(g) **being an elected member, he tenders his resignation in
writing to the registrar or if, being a member appointed by the
Minister** he <<or she>> ceases to hold any qualification
necessary for his <<or her>> appointment or tenders his <<or
her>> resignation in writing to the Minister and the Minister
accepts his <<or her>> resignation **or if, being a member
appointed by the South African Medical and Dental Council
referred to in section 5(1)(c) or the South African Nursing
Council referred to in section 5(1)(d), he tenders his
resignation in writing to the council in question**; or"; and
(b) by the substitution for subsection (2) of the following subsection:
"(2) Every vacancy on the council arising from a circumstance
referred to in subsection (1) and every vacancy caused by the
death of a member shall be filled by appointment **or election
according as the vacating member was appointed or elected**
<<by the Minister of a person nominated by the council>>, and
every member so appointed **or elected** shall hold office for
the unexpired portion of the period for which the vacating
member was appointed **or elected**.".
Amendment of section 9 of Act 53 of 1974, as amended by section 3 of Act 20 of
1979
9. Section 9 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution
for subsection (3) of the following subsection:
"(3) **Eight** <<The majority of the>> members of the council shall
form a quorum at any meeting of the council.".
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Repeal of section 50A of Act 53 of 1974
10. Section 50A of the principal Act is hereby repealed.
Substitution of section 51 of Act 53 of 1974
11. The following section is hereby substituted for section 51 of the
principal Act:
"Abolition of South African Pharmacy Council, and transitional
provisions
<<51. (1) The South African Pharmacy Council shall cease to exist on
the day immediately preceding the date of the first meeting of the
council, and all rights, obligations, assets and liabilities
acquired or incurred, as the case may be, by the South African
Pharmacy Council, shall immediately vest in the council and the
council shall be deemed to have acquired or incurred such rights,
obligations, assets and liabilities in terms of this Act.
(2) (a) The registrar of deeds concerned shall, at the request of the
council and on submission of the relevant title deeds and other
documents, make the necessary entries and endorsements in respect
of his or her registers and other documents in order to give
effect to a transfer in terms of subsection (1).
(b) No transfer duty, stamp duty or other fees shall be payable in
respect of such transfer, entry or endorsement.>>".
Substitution of long title of Act 53 of 1974
12. The following long title is hereby substituted for the long title of
the principal Act:
"ACT
To **consolidate and amend the laws providing for the
establishment of the South African Pharmacy Council and**
<<establish the Interim Pharmacy Council of South Africa; to
provide>> for the training and registration of pharmacists,
pharmacist interns, pharmacy students, unqualified assistants
and pharmaceutical technicians; to provide for the control of
the practice of the pharmaceutical profession; and to provide
for matters incidental thereto. ".
Repeal of laws, and savings
13. (1) Subject to the provisions of this section, the laws mentioned in
the second column of the Schedule are repealed as from the date on which the
South African Pharmacy Council is abolished in terms of section 51 of the
principal Act as indicated in the third column of the Schedule, to the extent
that such laws were in force immediately prior to the commencement of the
Constitution in the various territories of the national territory of the
Republic as set out in the fourth column of the Schedule.
(2) Any proclamation, notice, regulation, authorisation, rule or order
issued, made, granted or done in terms of a provision of any law repealed in
terms of subsection (1) shall, unless it is inconsistent with any provision of
the principal Act, be deemed to have been issued, made, granted or done under
the corresponding provision of the principal Act, and shall stay in force until
cancelled or repealed by the Interim Pharmacy Council of South Africa,
established by section 2 of the principal Act (in this section referred to as
the interim council).
(3) Any registration of a person or any removal of a name from a register
or any appointment or anything else done in terms of a provision of any law
repealed in terms of subsection (1), shall be deemed to have been done under the
principal Act.
(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1), any inquiry,
including any preliminary investigation undertaken to determine whether prima
facie evidence exists which would justify such inquiry, into alleged improper or
disgraceful conduct by any person, conducted by a council abolished by section
51 of the principal Act and which has not been concluded at the date of the
first meeting of the interim council, shall be continued and concluded by the
interim council in accordance with the provisions of the law under which the
inquiry was instituted, as if such law had not been repealed.
(5) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1), the interim council
shall have the power to institute and conclude disciplinary proceedings under
the relevant provisions of the repealed laws in accordance with the procedures
as prescribed by regulations made under section 49 of the principal Act, against
any person who, at any time prior to the first meeting of the interim council,
is alleged to have committed an act which may have constituted improper or
disgraceful conduct in terms of the provisions of the repealed laws or any
regulation made thereunder: Provided that the interim council shall not
institute proceedings against any person unless the nature of the contravention
which the person is alleged to have committed in terms of the repealed laws or
any regulation made thereunder, substantially corresponds to that of a
contravention referred to in the corresponding provisions of the principal Act
or any regulation made thereunder.
(6) Any act performed or decision taken by the Ciskeian Medical Council or
the Transkeian Medical Council, relating to pharmacy matters, shall be deemed to
have been performed or taken, as the case may be, under the corresponding
provisions of the principal Act.
(7) Any person employed by the South African Pharmacy Council and any
person concerned with matters with regard to pharmaceutical services employed by
the Ciskeian Medical Council and the Transkeian Medical Council, immedi- ately
prior to the date referred to in subsection (1), shall be deemed to have been
appointed by the interim council in terms of section 11 of the principal Act.
(8) The person who was the registrar of the South African Pharmacy Council
immediately prior to the date referred to in subsection (1), shall continue to
hold such office until the interim council appoints a registrar in terms of
section 11 of the principal Act.
(9) The registrar referred to in subsection (8) and the persons who
immediately prior to the date referred to in subsection (1) were the registrars
of the Ciskeian Medical Council and the Transkeian Medical Council shall, within
14 days after the commencement of this Act furnish the Director-General: Health
with the registers, minutes, financial statements and any other relevant
documents of their respective councils relating to pharmaceutical matters.
(10) In this section, "South African Pharmacy Council", "Transkeian Medical
Council" and "Ciskeian Medical Council" shall mean the South African Pharmacy
Council, the Transkeian Medical Council and the Ciskeian Medical Council as
defined in section 1 of the principal Act, respectively.
Extension of application of Act 53 of 1974
14. The principal Act, as it was in force immediately prior to the
commencement of this Act in the national territory of the Republic excluding the
areas which comprised the former Republics of Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda
and Ciskei and the areas which comprised the territories declared under section
26 of the Self-governing Territories Constitution Act, 1971 (Act No. 21 of
1971), to be self-governing territories, shall, from the date referred to in
section 13(1), apply also in those areas.
General provision
15. During the period of existence of the Interim Pharmacy Council of
South Africa, established by section 2 of the principal Act, the name "South
African Pharmacy Council" shall be deemed to be the name of the interim council
for the purposes of the issue of certificates, diplomas and distinguishing
devices and its use on letterheads or on any other place where the name of the
interim council is used.
Short title
16. This Act shall be called the Pharmacy Amendment Act, 1995.
SCHEDULE
LAWS REPEALED BY SECTION 13
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No. and year |Short title |Extent of repeal |Area in respect of which
of law | | |law is repealed
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| | |
Act No. 53 of |Pharmacy Act, 1974 |The whole |The territory of the
| | |former Republic of Venda
| | |and the territories of the
| | |former self-governing
| | |territories of Lebowa,
| | |Gazankulu, Qwaqwa,
| | |KwaZulu, KwaNdebele and
| | |KaNgwane
| | |
Act No. 30 of |Medical, Allied and |In so far as it |The territory of the
1976 |Supplementary Pro- |concerns the |Republic of Transkei
(Transkei) |fessions Act, 1976 |pharmaceutical |
|(Transkei) |profession |
| | |
Act No. 36 of |Health Laws |Sections 9, 10, |The territory of the
1977 |Amendment Act, |and 11 |Venda and the territories
|1977 | |of the former self-
| | |governing territories of
| | |Lebowa, Gazankulu, Qwaqwa,
| | |KwaZulu, KwaNdebele and
| | |KaNgwane
| | |
Act No. 31 of |Medical, Allied and |In so far as it |The territory of the
1978 |Supplementary Pro- |concers the |former Republic of
(Transkei) |fessions Amend- |pharmaceutical |Transkei
|ment Act, 1978 |profession |
|(Transkei) | |
| | |
Act No. 20 of |Pharmacy Amend- |The whole |The territory of the
1979 |ment Act, 1979 | |former Republic of Venda
| | |and the territories of the
| | |former self-governing
| | |territories of Lebowa,
| | |Gazankulu, Qwaqwa,
| | |KwaZulu, KwaNdebele and
| | |KaNgwane
| | |
Act No. 15 of |Health Professions |In so far as it |The territory of the
1982 |and Related Health |concerns the |Transkei
(Transkei) |Practices Amend- |pharmaceutical |
|ment Act, 1982 |profession |
|(Transkei) | |
| | |
Act No. 22 of |Licences Act, 1982 |Item 54 of |The territory of the
1982 (Ciskei) |(Ciskei) |Schedule 1 |Ciskei
| | |
Act No. 39 of |Pharmacy Amend- |The whole |The territory of the
1982 |ment Act, 1982 | |former self-governing
| | |territory of KaNgwane
| | |
Act No. 15 of |General Law |In so far as it |The territory of the
1983 |Amendment Act, |concerns the |Transkei
(Transkei) |1983 (Transkei) |pharmaceutical |
| |profession |
| | |
Act No. 20 of |Pharmacy Amend- |The whole |The territory of the
1983 |ment Act, 1983 | |former self-governing
| | |territory of KaNgwane
| | |
Act No. 24 of |Pharmacy Amend- |The whole |The territory of the
1983 (Venda) |ment Act, 1983 | |former Republic of
| | |Venda
| | |
Act No. 36 of |Health Professions |In so far as it |The territory of the
1984 (Ciskei) |and Related Health |concerns the |Republic of Ciskei
|Practices Act, 1984 |pharmaceutical |
|(Ciskei) |profession |
| | |
Act No. 25 of |Health Laws |In so far as it |The territory of the
1985 |Amendment Act, |concerns the |Transkei
(Transkei) |1985 (Transkei) |pharmaceutical |
| |profession |
| | |
Act No. 33 of |Health and Related |In so far as it |The territory of the
1985(Bophutha-|Professions Act, |concerns the |former Republic of
tswana) |1985 (Bophutha- |pharmaceutical |Bophuthatswana
|tswana) |profession |
| | |
Act No. 14 of |Medical, Allied and |In so far as it |The territory of the
1987 |Supplementary Pro- |concerns the |former Republic of
(Transkei) |fessions Amend- |pharmaceutical |Transkei
|ment Act, 1987 |profession |
|(Transkei) | |
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