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Charges for Drugs and Appliances (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001
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These Regulations amend the Charges for Drugs and Appliances Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 (“the principal Regulations”), which provide for the making and recovery of charges for drugs and appliances supplied by doctors and chemists providing pharmaceutical services, and by hospitals and HSS trusts to out-patients.
The charge for each item on prescription is increased from £6·00 to £6·10. The sums prescribed for the grant of pre-payment certificates of exemption from prescription charges are increased from £31·40 to £31·90 for a 4 month certificate and from £86·20 to £87·60 for a 12 month certificate.
The charge for elastic stockings is increased from £6·00 to £6·10 for each item (from £12·00 to £12·20 per pair) and for tights from £12·00 to £12·20.
The charge for a partial human hair wig is increased from £131·50 to £133·70, and for a stock modacrylic wig from £49·90 to £50·70. The charge for a full bespoke human hair wig is increased from £192·20 to £195·40. The charge for a surgical brassiere is increased from £20·30 to £20·60 and for an abdominal or spinal support from £30·50 to £31·00.
Regulation 5 amends regulation 9 of the principal Regulations. It extends the period of a pre-payment certificate for which a refund may be claimed on the death of the holder to the full months unexpired on that death. It extends the period of a 12 month pre-payment certificate in respect of which a refund may be claimed when the holder becomes entitled to exemption from or remission of prescription charges from one month to four months. It also extends the period for making a claim for a refund and makes provision for acceptance of a claim outside the specified time limits in cases where the Department is satisfied that the delay was for good cause.
Transitional arrangements are made in respect of pre-payment certificates, and appliances ordered, before 28th April 2001 (regulation 7).
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