Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972

1.  Regulations made with the approval of the Ministry of Finance may provide— N.I.

(a) for the making and, subject to the provisions of paragraphs 3 and 4, the recovery, in such manner as may be prescribed, of—

[F1 (i) such charges as may be prescribed in respect of such services (other than services provided as part of the [F2 relevant] dental services) provided under this Order[F3 or the 1991 Order] as may be prescribed;

(ia) a charge of an amount calculated in accordance with paragraph 1A in respect of any services provided as part of the general dental services, not being—

(a) the repair of appliances other than prescribed appliances; or

(b) the arrest of bleeding;

(iaa) charges of amounts calculated in accordance with paragraph 1A in respect of the supply under this Order of dentures and other dental appliances of prescribed descriptions;]

(ii) charges, other than[F4 charges for relevant dental services]F5 . . . in respect of the extra expense involved in the supply, at the request of the person supplied, of any appliance or vehicle which is of a more expensive type than that which would normally be supplied, or the replacement or repair of any such appliance, or, as the case may require, the replacement, repair or maintenance of any such vehicle; or

(iii) charges, other than[F6 charges for relevant dental services]F5 . . . in respect of the replacement of any appliance or vehicle supplied, the repair of any appliance supplied or the repair or maintenance of any vehicle supplied, if it is determined in the prescribed manner that the replacement, repair or maintenance, as the case may be, is necessitated by an act or omission of the person supplied or (if it occurred when he was under sixteen years of age) of his or of the person having charge of him when it occurred;

(b) for the remission or repayment of[F7 such charges in respect of persons of such descriptions] as may be prescribed;

(c) for the grant, on payment of such sums as may be prescribed, of certificates conferring on the persons to whom the certificates are granted exemption from charges otherwise exigible under the regulations in respect of drugs, medicines and appliances supplied during such period as may be prescribed.

F1 1988 NI 24

F2 Word in Sch. 15 para. 1(a)(i) substituted (26.3.2008) by Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 2), ss. 14(4)(a), 18(1)(a)

F3 1991 NI 1

F4 Words in Sch. 15 para. 1(a)(ii) substituted (26.3.2008) by Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 2), ss. 14(4)(b), 18(1)(a)

F5 1984 NI 8

F6 Words in Sch. 15 para. 1(a)(iii) substituted (26.3.2008) by Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 2), ss. 14(4)(b), 18(1)(a)

F7 1988 NI 2