Pharmacy Act 2007
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Functions of the Council and their delegation. |
11.— (1) Subject to this Act, the functions of the Society shall be performed on its behalf by the Council. | |
(2) The Council may make rules for the purposes of— | ||
(a) regulating or prescribing anything that may, in accordance with any provision of this Act, be prescribed, | ||
(b) making such provision as it thinks fit for facilitating the performance of its functions under this Act. | ||
(3) The Council shall make rules for the purposes of regulating or prescribing anything relating to education or training that, in accordance with this Act, is to be prescribed. | ||
(4) The Council may not make rules under subsection (2) or (3) for any purpose for which the Minister may make regulations under section 18 . | ||
(5) Rules made under subsection (2) or (3) shall be subject to the consent of the Minister and, when the Council has made them, it shall— | ||
(a) submit them to the Minister for laying before each House of the Oireachtas, and | ||
(b) publish them in such a manner as it determines. | ||
(6) The Council, shall in the prescribed manner, publish— | ||
(a) a draft of the rules it proposes to make under this section, and | ||
(b) together with the draft, an invitation to the public to comment on the draft by such date as is specified in the invitation. | ||
(7) The Council shall have such further functions as are assigned to it by or under this Act. | ||
(8) The Council may delegate any of its functions to any of its committees or to the registrar or to any other employee of the Society and, where it delegates a function to a committee, the committee’s remit under this Act shall be extended accordingly. |