SCHEDULE 1Transitional Provisions

Repayment of charges

1.

(1)

Where a charge has been paid under the Charges Regulations 2001 by or on behalf of a person who was at the time of payment exempt from the requirement to pay that charge under regulation 8 of those Regulations, an application for repayment of that charge may be made in accordance with paragraph (2) by or on behalf of that person.

(2)

The application for repayment must —

(a)

be made to the person or body specified in the receipt which is given under regulation 3(8), 4(6), 5(6), 6(5) or 7(5) of the Charges Regulations 2001 as being the person or body to whom application for repayment of charges is to be made;

(b)

be made in such form and manner as the National Assembly may determine for the applicant, any class of applicant or applicants generally;

(c)

be made within 3 months from the date on which the drug or appliance was supplied to the applicant or within such period as the National Assembly may, for good cause, allow;

(d)

be accompanied by the receipt for the charge paid and a declaration as to the grounds of exemption.

(3)

In the case of a charge under regulation 5 in respect of an appliance specified in column (1) of Schedule 1 to the Charges Regulations 2001, regulation 11(3) of the Charges Regulations 2001 applies.

(4)

Arrangements made by the National Assembly for the repayment of any charge paid under regulation 11(4) of the Charges Regulations 2001 by a person who is entitled to exemption continue to have effect for the purposes of paragraph 1.