PART 8 MISCELLANEOUS

Claims, signatures and evidence of eligibility during a pandemic etc.
26A. (1) Where, by virtue of these Regulations, a person is required to make a claim, complete or sign any or any part of a voucher, sign any declaration or produce any evidence, but as a consequence of a disease being, or in anticipation of a disease being imminently—
(a) pandemic; and
(b) a serious risk or potentially a serious risk to human health,
the Secretary of State has made an announcement to the effect that, in order to assist in the management of the serious risk or potentially serious risk to human health, for the period specified in the announcement, that requirement is to be waived or modified in the manner specified in the announcement, that requirement is waived or is as modified in the specified manner for the specified period.
(2) Modifications under paragraph (1) may include modifications imposing requirements on a person other than the person who, but for the announcement, would be required to make a claim, complete or sign any or any part of a voucher, sign any declaration or produce any evidence.
(3) An announcement under paragraph (1) may be withdrawn or amended at any time.
Reg. 26A inserted (14.9.2020) by The National Health Service (Coronavirus) (Charges and Further Amendments Relating to the Provision of Primary Care Services During a Pandemic etc.) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/885), regs. 1(2), 3(2)