PART 12Remuneration, charges and refunds

Refunds of prescription charges96.

(1)

Where any person is entitled to repayment of a charge paid under the Charges Regulations presents an NHS pharmacist with a valid claim for the repayment within 3 months of the date on which the charge was paid, the NHS pharmacist must make the repayment.

(2)

For the purposes of paragraph (1), a claim for repayment is only valid if duly made—

(a)

in such form and manner as the Secretary of State has determined for an application for such a repayment under regulation 10(2)(b) of the Charges Regulations M1 (repayment of charges); or

(b)

on an equivalent form issued in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.