Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 740 (S.73)
The National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1996
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
1996 No. 740 (S.73)
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, SCOTLAND
The National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1996
| Laid before Parliament | 11th March 1996 |
| Coming into force | 1st April 1996 |
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 69, 75A(1), 105(7) and 108(1) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978[1], and of all other powers enabling him 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) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.
(2) In these Regulations, "the principal Regulations" means the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Regulations 1989[2].
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 "£5.25" there shall be substituted the figure "£5.50".
(2) In regulation 8(5) of the principal Regulations (pre-payment certificates)— (a) for the figure "£27.20" there shall be substituted the figure "£28.50"; and
(b) for the figure "£74.80" there shall be substituted the figure "£78.40".
(3) 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.
Application
3. These Regulations shall apply in relation to supplies of drugs and appliances made after 31st March 1996 except that— (a) the substitution of Schedule 3 by regulation 2(3) above shall apply only where the examination or first examination leading to the supply of the specified appliance takes place after that date; and
(b) the amendment of regulation 8 (pre-payment certificates) of the principal Regulations by regulation 2(2) above shall apply only where the application referred to in paragraph (1) of the said regulation 8 is received after that date.
James Douglas-Hamilton
Minister of State, Scottish Office
St Andrew's House, Edinburgh
7th March 1996
Notes:[1] 1978 c. 29; section 75A was inserted by the Social Security Act 1988 (c. 7), section 14 and amended by the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c. 49), Schedule 2 and the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), Schedule 9, paragraph 19(13); section 105(7), which was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53), Schedule 6, paragraph 5 and Schedule 7 and by the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41), Schedule 9, paragraph 24, contains provisions relevant to the making of Regulations; and section 108(1) contains definitions of "prescribed" and "regulations" relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made.
[2] S.I. 1989/326, amended by S.I. 1990/468, 1990/787, 1991/574, 1992/394, 1993/522, 1994/697, 1995/699 and 2739.
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