PART 3Miscellaneous amendments

Health and Personal Social Services (General Medical Services Contracts) (Prescription of Drugs Etc) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 200419

1

The Health and Personal Social Services (General Medical Services Contracts) (Prescription of Drugs Etc) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 200419 are amended as follows.

2

In Schedule 2 (drugs, medicines and other substances that may only be ordered in certain circumstances)—

a

in the table relating to drugs for the treatment of erectile dysfunction, in column 2 of the table—

i

in paragraph (b)—

aa

for “is entitled to treatment” substitute “who immediately before exit day was entitled to treatment”;

bb

for “enforceable Community right” substitute “enforceable EU right”;

ii

in paragraph (c), for “who has an enforceable Community right” substitute “who immediately before exit day had an enforceable EU right”.

b

After the definition of “EEA State” there were inserted—

  • “enforceable EU right” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the European Communities Act 197220 (as that Act had effect immediately before its repeal by section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018).