Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
HEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES
Made
16th October 2001
Coming into operation
1st November 2001
The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety(1), in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 56, 106(b) and 107(6) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972(2) and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, and in conjunction with the Department of Finance and Personnel and after consultation with such organisations as appear to the Department to be representative of the medical profession, as required by Article 56(5) of that Order, hereby makes the following Regulations:
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the General Medical Services (Amendment No. 4) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 1st November 2001.
(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the General Medical Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997(3).
2.—(1) The principal Regulations shall be amended as follows.
(2) In Schedule 11 (drugs and other substances to be prescribed for supply under pharmaceutical services only in certain circumstances), after “Sildenafil (Viagra)” in columns 1 and 2 respectively insert “Apomorphine Hydrochloride (Uprima)”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 16th October 2001.
L.S.
D. A. Baker
Senior Officer of the
Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 16th October 2001.
L.S.
Rodney Scott
Senior Officer of the
Department of Finance and Personnel
(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
These Regulations further amend the General Medical Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 (“the principal Regulations”) which regulate the terms on which doctors provide general medical services under the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972.
Regulation 2 amends Schedule 11 to the principal Regulations (which lists drugs and other substances which may be prescribed only in certain circumstances) by adding Uprima.
These Regulations impose no cost on business.
S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1), see Article 3(b)
S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I. 14) as amended by S.I. 1978/1907 (N.I. 26), S.I. 1981/432, S.I. 1986/2023 (N.I. 20), S.I. 1986/2229 (N.I. 24), S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1) and S.I. 1997/1177(N.I. 7)
S.R. 1997 No. 380 as amended by S.R. 1999 No. 276