6.—(1) Except as provided for in paragraph (2), a Health Board which, otherwise than under Part II of the Act, supplies a patient with an appliance specified in column 1 of Schedule 1, shall make and recover from the patient the charge specified in column 2 of Schedule 1 in respect of that appliance.
(2) A Health Board which supplies a patient with any appliance under paragraph (1) shall not make or recover any charge as specified in Schedule 1 where the patient or a person on the patient’s behalf declares that the patient is entitled to exemption.
(3) A Health Board which makes and recovers a charge under paragraph (1) shall, if required by the patient, give the patient a receipt for the amount paid, on a form provided for the purpose by the Health Board, which contains forms of declaration in support of an application for a refund.