- Statutory Instrument 2000 No. 1645
The National Health Service (General Medical Services) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 2000
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| Made | 20th June 2000 | ||
| Laid before Parliament | 28th June 2000 | ||
| Coming into force | 1st August 2000 |
The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 29 and 126(4) of the National Health Service Act 1977[1] hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and extent
1. - (1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (General Medical Services) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st August 2000.
(2) These Regulations extend to England only.
Amendment of the National Health Service (General Medical Services) Regulations 1992
2. In Schedule 10 of the National Health Service (General Medical Services) Regulations 1992[2], the following entries shall be inserted in such place in the alphabetical order of the entries as is appropriate -
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finasteride 1mg tablets
Propecia
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Hunt
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health
20th June 2000
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations further amend the National Health Service (General Medical Services) Regulations 1992 ("the principal Regulations") which regulate the terms on which doctors provide general medical services under the National Health Service Act 1977.
Regulation 2 adds the drug Propecia (finasteride 1mg) to the list in Schedule 10 to the principal Regulations, which lists drugs and other substances which may not be prescribed for supply in the course of pharmaceutical services under the National Health Service Act 1977.
Notes:
[1] 1977 c. 49; see section 128(1) as amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) ("the 1990 Act"), section 26(2)(g) and (i), for the definitions of "prescribed" and "regulations". Section 29 was extended by the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c. 49), section 17; and amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53), sections 1 and 7 and Schedule 1, paragraph 42(b); by the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41), Schedule 6, paragraph 2; by the Medical Act 1983 (c. 54), section 56(1) and Schedule 5, paragaph 16(a); by S.I. 1985/39, article 7(3); by the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17), Schedule 1, paragraph 18; and by the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 46) Schedule 2, paragraph 8. Section 126(4) was amended by the 1990 Act, section 65(2). As regards Wales, the functions of the Secretary of State under sections 15(1), 29 and 126(4) of the 1977 Act are transferred to the National Assembly for Wales under article 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999, S.I. 1999/672; these Regulations therefore extend only to England.back
[2] S.I. 1992/635; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1992/2412, 1993/2421, 1994/2620 and 1997/981.back
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