Pharmacy Registration Fee Increases

UK New Legislation

Published March 27th, 2026

Detected March 31st, 2026

Summary

The Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland has increased pharmacy registration and retention fees from £398 to £477, effective 1 June 2026. The amendment also sets the restoration fee at £121 and permits electronic delivery of retention fee demands. All fees were previously set at £398.

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What changed

These Regulations amend the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994 by raising registration fees and retention fees from £398 to £477, setting a fixed restoration fee of £121, and allowing electronic delivery of fee demands. The regulations were made on 27 March 2026 and come into operation on 1 June 2026.

Pharmacies and pharmaceutical chemists registered in Northern Ireland should update their fee budgets to account for the £79 annual increase. Entities should ensure their registered email addresses are current with the Society to receive electronic fee demands. No transition period applies as this is a straightforward fee adjustment.

What to do next

Update fee schedules to reflect £477 registration and retention fees
Verify email address on file with PSNI is current for electronic fee demands
Budget for increased annual fees effective 1 June 2026

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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2026 No. 66

Pharmacy

The Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026

Made

27th March 2026

Coming into operation

1st June 2026

The Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland, with the approval of the Department of Health(1) in accordance with Article 25A(2) of the Pharmacy (Northern Ireland) Order 1976(2), makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 5(1) of the Pharmacy (Northern Ireland) Order 1976(3).

Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026 and shall come into operation on 1st June 2026.
In these Regulations “ the principal Regulations ” means the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994(4).

Amendment of the principal Regulations

In regulation 2 of the principal Regulations (registration fees) for “£398” there shall be substituted “£477”.
For regulation 3 of the principal Regulations (restoration fee) substitute—

“ 3. The fee, if any, payable for restoration of a person’s name to the register under Article 20 of, and paragraph 9 of Schedule 3 to, the Order, shall be £121. ”.

In regulation 4(a) of the principal Regulations (retention fees) for “£398” there shall be substituted “£477”.
For regulation 7 of the principal Regulations (demands) substitute—

“ 7. A demand under Article 15(3) of the Order for payment of a retention fee shall be made in writing and shall be sent by the Society—

(a) by post to the registered address of the member, associate or student; or

(b) by electronic mail to an electronic mail address that the member, associate or student has notified to the Society as an address for communications. ”.

Sealed with the Common Seal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland on 27th March 2026.

Geraldine O’Hare

President of the Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland

Canice Ward

Chief Executive of the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland

The Department of Health approves the Regulations.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health on 27th March 2026.

Philip Rodgers

A senior officer of the Department of Health

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994 (S.R. 1994 No. 202) (“ the principal Regulations ”) which prescribe the fees for examination and registration, for retention of registration and for annotation of the register, which are to be paid to the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland (“ the Society ”).

Regulation 3 increases the fees in regulation 2 of the principal Regulations in respect of registration as a pharmaceutical chemist.

Regulation 4 substitutes regulation 3 of the principal Regulations to reflect previous amendments to Article 20 of the Pharmacy (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 in respect of restoration to the register.

Regulation 5 increases the fees in regulation 4(a) of the principal Regulations in respect of retention as a member of the Society.

Regulation 6 substitutes regulation 7 of the principal Regulations in respect of the making of a demand for payment of a retention fee to allow for a written demand to be made by post or by electronic mail to a nominated e-mail address.

(1) The Department of Health was formerly the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety; see 2016 c.5 (N.I.), section 1(5) and formerly the Department of Health and Social Services; see S.I.1999/283 (N.I.1), Article 3(6).

(2) Article 25A was inserted by Article 9 of S.R. 2012 No. 308.

(3) S.I. 1976/1213 (N.I. 22) the relevant amendments are 1981 c.55, S.I. 1994/429 (N.I.2), S.R. 2004 No. 78, S.R. 2008 No. 192, S.R. 2012 No. 308 and S.I. 2015/806.

(4) S.R. 1994 No. 202 as amended by S.R. 1996 No. 187, S.R. 1999 No. 217, S.R. 2002 No. 206, S.R. 2003 No. 356, S.R. 2004 No. 236, S.R. 2005 No. 63, S.R. 2006 Nos. 207 and 240, S.R. 2007 No. 287, S.R. 2008 No. 222, S.R. 2009 No. 166, S.R. 2016 No. 170, S.R. 2017 No. 188 and S.R. 2025 No. 117.