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The National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Amendment Regulations 1991

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1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Amendment Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on1st April 1991.

(2) In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Regulations 1989(1).

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2.—(1) In regulation 2(1) of the principal Regulations (interpretation), in the definition of “prescription form”, in sub-paragraph (a), after the words “health authority's” there shall be inserted the words “or an NHS trust's”(2).

(2) In regulation 5 of the principal Regulations (supply of drugs and appliances by health authorities)—

(a)in paragraph (1), after the words “health authority”, there shall be inserted the words “or an NHS trust”;

(b)in paragraph (2)(b), after the words “health authority”, there shall be inserted the words “or the NHS trust”;

(c)in paragraph (4), after the words “health authority”, there shall be inserted the words “or an NHS trust”.

(3) In regulation 6 of the principal Regulations (exemptions), in paragraph (5), for the words “or a health authority” and the words “or that health authority”, there shall be substituted respectively the words “, a health authority or a NHS trust” and the words “, that health authority or that NHS trust”.

(4) In relation 9 of the principal Regulations (repayment of charges), in paragraph (3)—

(a)after the words “health authority”, there shall be inserted the words “or the NHS trust”;

(b)in sub-paragraph (b), after the words “health authority”, there shall be inserted the words “or the NHS trust”.

(5) For each amount specified in column (3) of the Schedule to these Regulations, where it appears in the provision of the principal Regulations specified in relation to it in column (1) (the subject matter of which is indicated in column (2)), there shall be substituted the amount specified in relation to it in column (4) of that Schedule.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.

Virginia Bottomley

Minister of State,

Department of Health

10th March 1991

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