Statutory Instrument 1994 No. 690
The National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Amendment Regulations 1994
(The document as of February, 2008)
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
1994 No. 690
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES
The National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Amendment Regulations 1994
| Laid before Parliament | 10th March 1994 |
| Coming into force | 1st April 1994 |
The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred on her by sections 77 and 126(4) of the National Health Service Act 1977[1] and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Amendment Regulations 1994 and shall come into force on 1st April 1994.
(2) In these Regulations, "the principal Regulations" means the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Regulations 1989[2].
Amendment of the principal Regulations
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 in column (1) (the subject matter of which is indicated in column (2)), there shall be substituted the amount specified in relation to it in column (4).
Transitional provisions
3. Where, on or after 1st April 1994— (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 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
10th March 1994
Notes:[1] 1977 c. 49; see section 128(1), as amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) ("the 1990 Act") section 26(2)(g) and (i), for the definitions of "prescribed" and "regulations". Section 126(4) was amended by the 1990 Act, section 65(2).
[2] S.I.1989/419, amended by S.I.1990/537, 1991/579, 1992/365 and 1993/420.
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