1998 No. 135
Charges for Drugs and Appliances (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998
Made
Coming into operation in accordance with Regulation 1(2)
The Department of Health and Social Services in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 98, and 106 of, and Schedule 15 to, the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 19721 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, with the approval of the Department of Finance and Personnel, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and interpretation1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Charges for Drugs and Appliances (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998.
2
Regulation 9 shall come into operation forthwith and the remaining regulations shall come into operation on 1st April 1998.
3
In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Charges for Drugs and Appliances Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19972.
Amendment of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations2
In regulation 2(2)(a)(iii) and (2)(b)(ii) (interpretation) the words from “fundholding” to “effect” shall be deleted and the words “medical practitioner whose name is included in the medical list” substituted therefor.
Amendment of regulation 3 of the principal Regulations3
In regulation 3 (supply of drugs and appliances by chemists)—
a
in paragraphs (1)(a), (b) and (3) for “£5·65” there shall be substituted “£5·80”; and
b
in paragraph (1)(a) for “£11·30” there shall be substituted “£11·60”.
Amendment of regulation 4 of the principal Regulations4
In regulation 4 (supply of drugs and appliances by doctors)—
a
in paragraphs (1)(a), (b) and (3) for “£5·65” there shall be substituted “£5·80”;
b
in paragraph (1)(a) for “£11·30” there shall be substituted “£11·60”; and
c
for paragraph (6) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—
6
Any sum which would otherwise be payable by the Agency to a doctor in respect of provision by him of pharmaceutical services shall be reduced by the amount of any charges which are required to be made and recovered by the preceding provisions of this regulation.
Amendment of regulation 5 of the principal Regulations5
In regulation 5 (supply of drugs and appliances by a Board or an HSS trust)—
a
in paragraphs (1)(a), (d) and (3) for “£5·65” there shall be substituted “£5·80”; and
b
in paragraphs (1)(a) and (c) for “£11·30” there shall be substituted “£11·60”.
Amendment of regulation 9 of the principal Regulations6
In regulation 9(5) (pre-payment certificates) for “£29·30” there shall be substituted “£30·10” and for “£80·50” there shall be substituted “£82·70”.
Amendment of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations7
For Schedule 1 there shall be substituted the following Schedule—
SCHEDULE 1Charges for Fabric Supports and Wigs
Column (1)
Column (2)
Specified Appliance
Specified Charge
Surgical Brassiere
£19·75
Abdominal or Spinal Support
£29·50
Stock Modacrylic Wig
£48·00
Partial Human Hair Wig
£126·00
Full Bespoke Human Hair Wig
£184·50
Transitional provisions8
Where on or after 1st April 1998—
a
any appliance specified in Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations is supplied pursuant to an order given before that date; or
b
any pre-payment certificate is granted under regulation 9 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 regulations 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of these Regulations had not come into operation.
Revocation9
The Charges for Drugs and Appliances (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19983 are hereby revoked.
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The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby approves the foregoing Regulations.
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(This note is not part of the Regulations.)