Amendment of regulation 7 of the Charges Regulations
11.—(1) Regulation 7 of the Charges Regulations (exemptions) is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (3), at the beginning of the paragraph insert “Subject to paragraph (3A)”.
(3) After paragraph (3) insert—
“(3A) A person who falls within paragraph (1)(a) or (c) shall not be required to provide any declaration of entitlement required under regulations 3(3) or 4(3) where—
(a)an electronic prescription form or an electronic repeatable prescription is issued and the person’s date of birth is recorded on the person’s NHS Care Record and is set out on the electronic prescription form or electronic repeatable prescription; or
(b)a non-electronic prescription form or a non-electronic repeatable prescription is issued and the person’s date of birth is printed by means of computer on the non-electronic prescription form or non-electronic repeatable prescription.”.
(4) In paragraph (4), for “regulation 5 of the Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges Regulations” substitute “regulation 6 of the Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges Regulations”.