(1)These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Amendment Regulations 1987 and shall come into force on 1st April 1987.
(2)In these Regulations,“the principal Regulations”means the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Regulations 1980.
For each amount specified in column (3) of Schedule 1 to these Regulations, where it appears in the provision of the principal Regulations specified in relation to it in column (1) of that Schedule (the subject matter of which is indicated in column (2) of that Schedule), there is substituted the amount specified in relation to it in column (4) of that Schedule.
(a)in so far as it amends regulation 3(1)(aa) of the principal Regulations, where the month referred to in that provision commences on or after 1st April 1987;
(b)in so far as it amends regulation 9(5) of the principal Regulations, where the application referred to in regulation 9(1) of those Regulations is received on or after 1st April 1987;
(c)in so far as it amends Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations, where the examination or first examination leading to the supply of an appliance takes place on or after 1st April 1987;
(d)in any other case, to drugs and appliances supplied on or after 1st April 1987.
(1)The regulations specified in column (1) of Schedule 2 to these Regulations are revoked to the extent specified in column (3) of that Schedule.
(2)Where an appliance specified in column (1) of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations is supplied on or after 1st April 1987 but the examination or first examination leading to its supply takes place before that date, a charge may be made and recovered in accordance with the provisions of the principal Regulations as in force at the time of that examination or first examination.