Amendment of regulation 18B of the principal Regulations5

In regulation 18B of the principal Regulations (reward scheme), in paragraph (1)—

a

in sub-paragraph (i)—

i

for “immediately informed” substitute “informed”, and

ii

after the words “ of this action” insert “as soon as practicable”;

b

in sub-paragraph (ii)—

i

after “but” insert “had reason to believe at that time or”, and

ii

for “within the period of 14 days beginning with the date the order was presented” substitute “as soon as practicable”; and

c

at the end of the fall out words, add “which has thereafter established that the order referred to in this paragraph was not a genuine order for the person named on the prescription form”.