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15.—(1) A contractor or its staff must not give, promise or offer to any person any gift or reward (whether by way of a share of or dividend on the profits of the business or by way of discount or rebate or otherwise) as an inducement to or in consideration of his—
(a)presenting an order for drugs or appliances on a non-electronic prescription form or non-electronic repeatable prescription; or
(b)nominating the contractor as its dispensing contractor (or one of them) in his NHS Care Record.
(2) Promising, offering or providing an auxiliary aid in relation to the supply of drugs or a home delivery service is not a gift or reward for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1).
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