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(1)The Secretary of State may, after consultation with the industry body [F1and any other person the Secretary of State thinks appropriate], make a scheme (referred to in this section and section 264 as a statutory scheme) [F2one or more of the following purposes] —
(a)limiting the prices which may be charged by any manufacturer or supplier for the supply of any health service medicines, F3...
(b)limiting the profits which may accrue to any manufacturer or supplier in connection with the manufacture or supply of any health service medicines,
[F4(c)providing for any manufacturer or supplier of any health service medicines to pay to the Secretary of State an amount calculated by reference to sales or estimated sales of those medicines (whether on the basis of net prices, average selling prices or otherwise).]
[F5(1A)Consultation about the proposed exercise of a power under subsection (1) must include consultation about the following—
(a)the economic consequences for the life sciences industry in the United Kingdom;
(b)the consequences for the economy of the United Kingdom;
(c)the consequences for patients to whom any health service medicines are to be supplied and for other health service patients.]
(2)A statutory scheme may, in particular, make any provision mentioned in subsections [F6(4)] to (6).
F7(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4)The scheme may provide for any amount representing sums charged by any manufacturer or supplier to whom the scheme applies, in excess of the limits determined under the scheme, for health service medicines covered by the scheme to be paid by that person to the Secretary of State within a specified period.
(5)The scheme may provide for any amount representing the profits, in excess of the limits determined under the scheme, accruing to any manufacturer or supplier to whom the scheme applies in connection with the manufacture or supply of health service medicines covered by the scheme to be paid by that person to the Secretary of State within a specified period.
[F8(5A)The scheme may provide for any amount payable in accordance with the scheme by any manufacturer or supplier to whom the scheme applies to be paid to the Secretary of State within a specified period.]
(6)The scheme may—
(a)prohibit any manufacturer or supplier to whom the scheme applies from increasing, without the approval of the Secretary of State, any price charged by him for the supply of any health service medicine covered by the scheme, and
(b)provide for any amount representing any increase in contravention of that prohibition in the sums charged by that person for that medicine, so far as the increase is attributable to supplies to the health service, to be paid to the Secretary of State within a specified period.
[F9(7)If at any time a health service medicine is covered by a voluntary scheme applying to its manufacturer or supplier, the powers conferred by this section may not be exercised at that time in relation to that manufacturer or supplier as regards that medicine.]
[F10(8)Subsection (7) does not affect any liability of a person to pay amounts to the Secretary of State arising during a period when a health service medicine was covered by a statutory scheme applying to the person or the taking of any action in relation to any such liability.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 263(1) inserted (7.8.2017) by Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Act 2017 (c. 23), ss. 5(2)(a), 12(3); S.I. 2017/809, reg. 2(d)
F2Words in s. 263(1) substituted (7.8.2017) by Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Act 2017 (c. 23), ss. 5(2)(b), 12(3); S.I. 2017/809, reg. 2(d)
F3Word in s. 263(1) omitted (7.8.2017) by virtue of Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Act 2017 (c. 23), ss. 5(2)(c), 12(3); S.I. 2017/809, reg. 2(d)
F4S. 263(1)(c) inserted (7.8.2017) by Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Act 2017 (c. 23), ss. 5(2)(d), 12(3); S.I. 2017/809, reg. 2(d)
F5S. 263(1A) inserted (7.8.2017) by Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Act 2017 (c. 23), ss. 5(3), 12(3); S.I. 2017/809, reg. 2(d)
F6Word in s. 263(2) substituted (7.8.2017) by Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Act 2017 (c. 23), ss. 10(5)(a), 12(3); S.I. 2017/809, reg. 2(h) (with reg. 3)
F7S. 263(3) omitted (7.8.2017) by virtue of Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Act 2017 (c. 23), ss. 10(5)(b), 12(3); S.I. 2017/809, reg. 2(h) (with reg. 3)
F8S. 263(5A) inserted (7.8.2017) by Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Act 2017 (c. 23), ss. 5(4), 12(3); S.I. 2017/809, reg. 2(d)
F9S. 263(7) substituted (7.8.2017) by Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Act 2017 (c. 23), ss. 5(5), 12(3); S.I. 2017/809, reg. 2(d)
F10S. 263(8) inserted (7.8.2017) by Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Act 2017 (c. 23), ss. 5(6), 12(3); S.I. 2017/809, reg. 2(d)
Commencement Information
I1S. 263 in force at 7.8.2017 immediately after 1999 c. 8, s. 35 comes into force by S.I. 2017/810, art. 2(b)
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