Contents
1Citation, commencement and interpretation#
(1)These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Amendment Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998.
(2)In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Regulations 1989.
2Amendment of amounts specified in the principal Regulations#
For each amount specified in column (3) of the Schedule to these Regulations, where it appears in the provision of the principal Regulations specified in relation to it in column (1) (the subject matter of which is indicated in column (2)), there shall be substituted the amount specified in relation to it in column (4).
3Transitional provisions#
Where, on or after 1st April 1998—
(a)any appliance specified in Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations is supplied pursuant to any order given before that date; or
(b)any pre-payment certificate is granted under regulation 8 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 regulation 2 of these Regulations had not come into force.
Schedule · Amounts substituted in the principal regulations
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