(1)These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 1st April 1988.
(2)In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Regulations 1980 .
In regulations 3(1)(b), 3(4), 4(1)(b) and 5(1)(b) of the principal Regulations (which are concerned with supply of drugs and appliances by chemists, by doctors and to out-patients) for the reference to “£2.40”, wherever it appears, there shall be substituted a reference to “£2.60”.
In regulation 7(1) of the principal Regulations (exemptions) after sub-paragraph (a) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph:—“aa a person who has not attained the age of 19 years and is receiving qualifying full time education within the meaning of paragraph 7 of Schedule 11 to the Act ;”
In regulation 9(5) of the principal Regulations (pre-payment certificates) for the reference to “£12.50” there shall be substituted a reference to “£13.50”, and for the reference to “£35.00” there shall be substituted a reference to “£37.50”.
These Regulations shall apply only where drugs and appliances are supplied after 31st March 1988 except that regulation 3 shall apply where the application referred to in regulation 9(1) of the principal Regulations is received after 31st March 1988.