Australian Community Pharmacy Authority Applicant's Handbook

Rule 108: Relocation to urban locality (additional pharmacy)

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Policy intent

This rule aims to address community need for additional pharmacy services in single pharmacy urban areas which have demonstrated consistently high population growth, while promoting a level of competition between the 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 situated in an urban locality
• The proposed premises are at least 500 m, by straight line, from the nearest approved pharmacy
• The catchment area for the proposed premises contains:
  1. only one approved pharmacy; and
  2. a resident population of at least 8,000 for most of the year
• The resident population of the catchment area has grown at least 5% in each of the two years preceding the application
• 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 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 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 the original premises

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