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Offence of providing skilled pharmaceutical assistance by unregistered person.
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31.— (1) A person, other than—
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(a) a registered pharmacist, or
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(b) a registered pharmaceutical assistant,
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who knowingly provides skilled assistance to a registered pharmacist shall be guilty of an offence.
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(2) A registered pharmacist who accepts skilled assistance from a person whom he knows or ought to know is not a registered pharmacist or a registered pharmaceutical assistant shall be guilty of an offence.
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(3) Providing or accepting skilled assistance shall not be an offence under this section if it is done as part of the training or education of a person as a pharmacist or in an activity ancillary to pharmacy.
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(4) In this section, “skilled assistance” is any assistance which consists of or includes or should consist of or include the exercise of the knowledge, ability, judgment and other qualities necessary of a person who is a pharmacist or a pharmaceutical assistant, including the exercise of that knowledge, ability and judgment and those other qualities by way of the supervision of others.
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