The National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Amendment Regulations 1993

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Amendment Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 1st April 1993.

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

Amendment of the principal Regulations

2.—(1) In regulation 9(2) of the principal Regulations (repayment of charges)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (b) the words “within such period of the supply of the drug or appliance, and” shall be omitted;

(b) after sub-paragraph (b) there shall be inserted the following new sub-paragraph (bb)—

“(bb) be made within 3 months from the date on which the drug or appliance was supplied to the applicant or within such further period as the Secretary of State may, for good cause, allow;”.

(2) 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 incolumn (1) (the subject matter of which is indicated in column (2) of that Schedule), there shall be substituted the amount specified in relation to it in column (4) of that Schedule.

Transitional provisions

3.  Where, on or after 1st April 1993—

(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 8 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 regulation 2(2) of these Regulations had not come into force.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Brian Mawhinney

Minister of State,

Department of Health

2nd March 1993