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6.—(1) Regulation 7A of the Charges Regulations (exemption from charges for prisoners)(1) is amended as follows.
(2) Regulation 7A is re-numbered as paragraph (1) of that regulation.
(3) After paragraph (1) as re-numbered insert—
“(2) No charge shall be payable under regulation 3(1) or 4 by a person in respect of the supply of drugs or appliances ordered on a non-electronic prescription form—
(a)where that person was a prisoner at the time that the non-electronic prescription form was issued to him by a prescriber; and
(b)where that non-electronic prescription form has printed upon it—
(i)the letters “HMP”; and
(ii)the name and address of the prison in which the prisoner was issued with that non-electronic prescription form.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2), “prisoner” means a person detained in a prison.”.
Regulation 7A was inserted by S.I. 2004/663.
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