The National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1999

Made: 3rd March 1999

Laid before Parliament: 8th March 1999

Coming into force: 1st April 1999

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 69, 75A(1), 105(7) and 108(1) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978¹, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

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• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999.

• (2) In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Regulations 1989².

Amendment to regulation 2 of the principal Regulations

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In regulation 2 of the principal Regulations (interpretation), in paragraph (1) after the definition of “drugs” there is inserted–

• “elastic hosiery” means anklet, legging, knee-cap, below-knee, above-knee or thigh stocking;

Amendments to the principal Regulations: amounts specified

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• (1) In regulation 3(1)(b) of the principal Regulations (supply of drugs and appliances by chemists), for the figure “£5.80” there shall be substituted the figure “£5.90”.

• (2) In regulation 8(5) of the principal Regulations (pre-payment certificates)–

• (a) for the figure “£30.10” there shall be substituted the figure “£30.80”; and

• (b) for the figure “£82.70” there shall be substituted the figure “£84.60”.

• (3) For Schedules 1, 2 and 3 to the principal Regulations there shall be substituted those Schedules as set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Application

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These Regulations shall apply in relation to supplies of drugs and appliances made after 31st March 1999 except that–

• (a) the substitution of Schedule 3 by regulation 3(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 of the principal Regulations (pre-payment certificates) by regulation 3(2) above shall apply only where the application referred to in paragraph (1) of the said regulation 8 is received after that date.

SCHEDULE

Signed

Sam Galbraith — Minister for Health, Scottish Office — 3rd March 1999

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Regulations 1989 (“the principal Regulations”) which provide for the making and recovery of charges for drugs and appliances supplied by doctors and pharmacists providing pharmaceutical services, and by Health Boards and NHS trusts to out-patients.

Amendments made to the principal Regulations by regulation 3 and the Schedule increase the charge for items on prescription or supplied to out-patients from £5.80 to £5.90. The charge for elastic stockings is increased from £5.80 to £5.90 each (from £11.60 to £11.80 per pair) and that for tights from £11.60 to £11.80. The charges for partial human hair wigs and modacrylic wigs are increased from £126.00 to £129.00 and from £48.00 to £49.00 respectively. The charge for full human hair wigs is increased from £184.50 to £188.50. The charge for fabric supports is increased from £29.50 to £29.95. The sums prescribed for the grant of pre-payment certificates are increased from £30.10 to £30.80 for a four monthly certificate and from £82.70 to £84.60 for a twelve monthly certificate.

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