Contents
- 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation
- 2 Amendment of regulation 3 of the principal regulations
- 3 Amendment of regulation 5 of the principal regulations
- 4 Amendment of regulation 6 of the principal regulations
- 5 Amendment of regulation 7 of the principal regulations
- 6 Amendment of Schedules to the principal regulations
- 7 Transitional provisions
1Citation, commencement and interpretation#
(1)These regulations may be cited as the Charges for Drugs and Appliances (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1996.
(2)In these regulations “the principal regulations” means the Health and Personal Social Services (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1973.
2Amendment of regulation 3 of the principal regulations#
In regulation 3 (supply of drugs and appliances by chemists) in paragraphs (1)(b) and (3) for “£5·25”, there shall be substituted “£5·50”.
3Amendment of regulation 5 of the principal regulations#
In regulation 5(1)(b) (supply of drugs and appliances by doctors) for “£5·25” there shall be substituted “£5·50”.
4Amendment of regulation 6 of the principal regulations#
In regulation 6(4) (prepayment certificates) for “£27·20” there shall be substituted “£28·50” and for “£74·80” there shall be substituted “£78·40”.
5Amendment of regulation 7 of the principal regulations#
In regulation 7 (supply of drugs and certain appliances to out-patients by hospitals)—
(a)in paragraph (1)(b) for “£5·25” there shall be substituted “£5·50”;
(b)in paragraphs (2)(b) and (3) for “£5·25” there shall be substituted “£5·50”.
6Amendment of Schedules to the principal regulations#
(1)In Schedule 1 for “£5·25” there shall be substituted “£5·50” and for “£10·50” there shall be substituted “£11·00”.
(2)In Schedule 1A for “£10·50” there shall be substituted “£11·00”.
(3)For Schedule 2 there shall be substituted the following Schedule—“”
7Transitional provisions#
Where on or after 1st April 1996—
(a)any appliance specified in Schedule 2 to the principal regulations is supplied pursuant to an order given before that date; or
(b)any prepayment certificate is granted under regulation 6 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 regulations 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of these regulations had not come into force.
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