Australian Community Pharmacy Authority Applicant's Handbook
Rule 104: Short distance relocation (1km)
Table of contents
- Introduction
- The Application Process
- Other arrangements for obtaining approval
The Pharmacy Location Rules- Rule 101: Relocation within shopping centre or private hospital
- Rule 102: Relocation within rural locality
- Rule 103: Expansion or contraction
- Rule 104: Short distance relocation (1km)
- Rule 105: Short distance relocation (between 1 km and 1.5 km)
- Rule 106: Long distance relocation
- Rule 107: Relocation to rural locality (additional pharmacy)
- Rule 108: Relocation to urban locality (additional pharmacy)
- Rule 109: Relocation to small shopping centre
- Rule 110: Relocation to large shopping centre
- Rule 111: Relocation to private hospital
- Rule 112: Relocation to large medical centre
- Rule 113: New pharmacy (urban locality)
- Rule 114: New pharmacy (rural locality)
Requirements of the Pharmacy Location Rules
Policy intent
This rule aims to ensure flexibility for pharmacists to relocate their pharmacies within their local area, while promoting the level of competition between the local pharmacies.Requirements
An application made under this rule must meet the requirements listed below.Please note that it is important to clearly identify the proposed premises that are the subject of an application.
- The applicant has a legal right to occupy the proposed premises
- The proposed premises can be used for the purpose of operating a pharmacy
- The applicant will be ready to operate a pharmacy at the proposed premises within six months
- The proposed premises are not directly accessible by the public from within a supermarket
- The proposed premises are not more than 1 km, by straight line, from the existing premises
- If the existing approval is located in a private hospital or large shopping centre, then the proposed premises must be at least 500 m, by straight line, from all other approved pharmacies (except those pharmacies that are in the private hospital or shopping centre)
- An approval has been in force at the existing premises for at least two years or the application is of the type set out in the prescribed exceptions
- If the existing approval was originally granted under the rule associated with a new rural approval (under the current or previous rules), then the proposed premises are situated in the same rural locality
- If the existing approval was originally granted under a rule associated with a small shopping centre, large shopping centre, private hospital or large medical centre, then the ACPA is satisfied that there are exceptional circumstances
- If the existing approval was originally granted under the rule associated with a new approval (urban locality) or new approval (general) within the last five years, then the proposed premises are not more than 1.5 km, by straight line, from those original premises
