Charges for Drugs and Appliances (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Charges for Drugs and Appliances (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2002.

(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Charges for Drugs and Appliances Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997(1).

Amendment of regulation 3 of the principal Regulations

2.  In regulation 3 of the principal Regulations (supply of drugs and appliances by chemists)—

(a) in paragraphs (1)(a), (b) and (3) for “£6·10” there shall be substituted “£6·20”; and

(b) in paragraph (1)(a) for “£12·20” there shall be substituted “£12·40”.

Amendment of regulation 4 of the principal Regulations

3.  In regulation 4 of the principal Regulations (supply of drugs and appliances by doctors)—

(a) in paragraphs (1)(a), (b) and (3) for “£6·10” there shall be substituted “£6·20”; and

(b) in paragraph (1)(a) for “£12·20” there shall be substituted “£12·40”.

Amendment of regulation 5 of the principal Regulations

4.  In regulation 5 of the principal Regulations (supply of drugs and appliances by a Board or an HSS trust)—

(a) in paragraphs (1)(a), (d) and (3) for “£6·10” there shall be substituted “£6·20”; and

(b) in paragraphs (1)(a) and (c) for “£12·20” there shall be substituted “£12·40”.

Amendment of regulation 9 of the principal Regulations

5.—(1) Regulation 9 of the principal Regulations (pre-payment certificates) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (5) for “£31·90” there shall be substituted “£32·40” and for “£87·60” there shall be substituted “£89·00”.

(3) For paragraph 9(2) there shall be substituted—

“(9) In paragraph (7) “the relevant period” means the period beginning one month after the date on which the pre-payment certificate became valid and ending with the date of its expiry.”

(4) For paragraph 12(3) there shall be substituted—

“(12) In paragraph (10) “the relevant period” means the period of three months beginning one month after the date on which the pre-payment certificate became valid.”

Amendment of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations

6.  For Schedule 1 of the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the following—

“SCHEDULE 1 Charges for Fabric Supports and Wigs

Column (1)	Column (2)
Specified Appliance	Specified Charge
Surgical Brassiere	£20·90
Abdominal or Spinal Support	£31·50
Stock Modacrylic Wig	£51·50
Partial Human Hair Wig	£135·90
Full Bespoke Human Hair Wig	£198·60”

Transitional provisions

7.  Where, on or after 1st April 2002—

(a) any appliance specified in Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations is supplied pursuant to an order given before that date; or

(b) any pre-payment certificate is granted under regulation 9 of the principal Regulations pursuant to an application under that Regulation which was received before that date,

the principal Regulations shall have effect in relation to that supply or, as the case may be, that grant as if regulations 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of these Regulations had not come into operation.

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

L.S.

D. J. Thompson

A senior officer of the

Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety

The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby approves the foregoing Regulations.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 8th March 2002.

L.S.

Rodney Scott

A senior officer of the

Department of Finance and Personnel