3C.—(1) Subject to the following provisions of this Schedule, where—
(a)a dispensing doctor (D) receives a LPIV; and
(b)a person who is entitled to be supplied by D (Part 8 and this Schedule having that effect) with a prescription item ordered on the LPIV requests the provision of the item in accordance with that LPIV,
D must, with reasonable promptness, provide the prescription item so ordered.
(2) If a person who is entitled as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(b) asks D to do so—
(a)D must give an estimate of the time when the prescription item will be ready; and
(b)if they are not ready by then, D must give a revised estimate of the time when the item will be ready (until it is ready).
(3) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply where arrangements are in place for the provision of the item ordered on the LPIV as part of a directed service which includes arrangements for the provision of such an item ordered on such a LPIV.]