The National Health Service (Free Prescriptions and Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2012

Made: 29th February 2012

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 2nd March 2012

Coming into force: 1st April 2012

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Citation and commencement

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Amendment of the National Health Service (Free Prescriptions and Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Regulations 2011

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Signed

NICOLA STURGEON — A member of the Scottish Executive — 29th February 2012

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1978 c.29; section105(7) was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c.53), Schedule6, paragraph5(1) and Schedule7, the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c.41), Schedule9, paragraph24, and by the Health Act 1999 (c.8) (“the 1999 Act”), Schedule4, paragraph60; section108(1) contains definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46).

[^f00003]: The charge specified in regulation 3(1)(a) of the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/620) (“the 2000 Regulations”) as at 1st April 2012, is £7.65, that is to say a charge of £15.30 per pair.

[^f00004]: The charge specified in regulation 3(1)(b) of the 2000 Regulations, as at 1st April 2012, is £7.65.

Editorial notes

[^key-e920dc7418a8d092fee33e2e9e7633a9]: Regulations revoked (17.5.2015) by The National Health Service (Free Prescriptions and Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/160), regs. 1, 3(a)