The National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Amendment) Regulations 2024

Amendments to regulation 16

8.  In regulation 16 (pre-payment certificates: application and grant)—

(a) in paragraph (1)—

(i) after “A person”, insert “(“a patient”)”, and

(ii) for “(referred to in this regulation as”, substitute “for themselves, or someone acting on their behalf, (either of them potentially being, for the purposes of this regulation,”;

(b) in paragraph (3)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (a), for “£31.25” substitute “£32.05”,

(ii) in sub-paragraph (b), for “£111.60” substitute “£114.50”, and

(iii) in sub-paragraph (c), for “£11.16” substitute “£11.45”;

(c) in paragraph (4), for “applicant”, at the first place it occurs, substitute “patient”; and

(d) in paragraph (5)—

(i) for “an applicant”, substitute “a patient”,

(ii) at the end of sub-paragraph (a), insert “and”, and

(iii) omit sub-paragraph (c), and the “and” before it.