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2.—(1) Regulation 2(1) (interpretation) of the GMS Contracts Regulations shall be amended as provided in the following paragraphs.
(2) In the definition of “batch issue”, for “specified in Part 2 of Schedule 1”, substitute “set out in respect of form FP10SS batch issue in the document issued by the Prescription Pricing Authority entitled “Prescription Form Overprint Specifications – GP System Prescription Overprint Specification”, version 1 dated June 2004(1)”.
(3) In the definition of “immediate family member”, after “spouse” insert “or civil partner”.
(4) In the definition of “repeatable prescription”, for “specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1”, substitute “set out in respect of form FP10SS repeatable prescription (authorising form) in the document issued by the Prescription Pricing Authority entitled “Prescription Form Overprint Specifications – GP System Prescription Overprint Specification”, version 1 dated June 2004”.
(5) In the definition of “supplementary prescriber”—
(a)in paragraph (b)(iii), omit “or”;
(b)in paragraph (b)(iv), for “and”, in the second place where it occurs, substitute “or”;
(c)after paragraph (b)(iv), insert—
“(v)the register of optometrists maintained by the General Optical Council in pursuance of section 7 of the Opticians Act 1989(2), and”; and
(d)in paragraph (c), after “an annotation” insert “or entry”.
The overprint specification can be found at www.ppa.org.uk/ppa/prescform_overspec.htm#gpss
1989 c. 44, as amended by S.I. 2005/848.
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