The National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1994

Amendments to the principal Regulations: amounts specified

2.—(1) In regulation 3(1)(b) of the principal Regulations (supply of drugs and appliances by chemists), for the figure “£4.25” there shall be substituted the figure “£4.75”.

(2) In regulation 8(5) of the principal Regulations (pre-payment certificates)—

(a) for the figure “£22.00” there shall be substituted the figure “£24.60”; and

(b) for the figure “£60.60” there shall be substituted the figure “£67.70”.

(3) For paragraph (6) of regulation 8 of the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the following paragraph:—

“(6)   Where payment of a sum prescribed under this regulation is made in respect of a person who, not more than one month after the date on which his certificate becomes valid, dies or becomes a person to whom any of the provisions of regulation 7(1)(b) to (f) or regulation 3 of the National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) Regulations 1988((1)) applies, or becomes resident in hospital, a claim for repayment of that sum may, subject to the provisions of paragraph (7), be made by or on behalf of that person.”.

(4) For Schedules 1, 2 and 3 to the principal Regulations there shall be substituted those Schedules as set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

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S.I. 1988/546; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1989/393, 1990/551 and 1991/575.