Amendment of the Charges for Drugs and Appliances Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

2.  After regulation 7 of the Charges for Drugs and Appliances Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997(1) insert the following regulation—

“Exemption from charges in respect of listed medicines

7A.— (1) No patient shall be liable to pay a charge under these Regulations in respect of the following medicines—

(a) oseltamivir (marketed as Tamiflu);

(b) zanamivir (marketed as Relenza);

in the circumstances set out in paragraph (2).

(2) Those circumstances are that—

(a) the Department has made arrangements for supplying the medicine to patients free of charge; or

(b) the Regional Board that is responsible for the arrangements under which the medicine is supplied has made arrangements, with the approval of the Department for supplying the medicine to patients free of charge,

and the patient is supplied with the medicine under those arrangements.”.

(1)

S.R. 1997 No. 382 to which there are amendments not relevant to these regulations