(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.
2Amendments to the principal Regulations: amounts specified#
(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”.
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.