Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2002 No. 266

HEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES

The General Medical Services (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

Made

8th August 2002

Coming into operation

1st October 2002

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:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the General Medical Services (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 and shall come into operation on 1st October 2002.

(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the General Medical Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997(3).

Amendment of the principal Regulations

2. In the principal Regulations, in Schedule 10 (drugs and other substances not to be prescribed for supply under pharmaceutical services) –

(a)the following entries shall be deleted –

Cow & Gate Nutriprem 2
Farley’s Premcare; and

(b)the following entries shall be inserted in the correct alphabetical position –

Boots Glucosamine Sulphate Capsules
Healthaid Glucosamine Sulphate Tablets
Lamberts Glucosamine Sulphate Tablets
Solgar Glucosamine Sulfate Tablets
Vega Glucosamine Sulphate Capsules

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 8th August 2002.

L.S.

Dr. James F. Livingstone

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 8th August 2002.

L.S.

Rodney Scott

Senior Officer of the

Department of Finance and Personnel

Explanatory Note

(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(a) removes two products from, and regulation 2(b) adds five products to, Schedule 10 of the principal Regulations. The effect of a product being listed in Schedule 10 is that it may not be prescribed for supply under pharmaceutical services, the effect therefore of a product being removed from Schedule 10 is that it may be so prescribed.

(1)

S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1), see Article 3(6)

(2)

S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I. 14) as amended by S.I. 1978/1907 (N.I. 26), S.I. 1981/432, S.I. 1986/2229 (N.I. 24), S.I. 1988/2249 (N.I. 24), S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1), 1995 c. 51 and S.I. 1997/1177(N.I. 7)

(3)

S.R. 1997 No. 380 relevant amending instruments are S.R. 2000 No. 217 and S.R. 2001 No. 135