The National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1990

• Citation: S.I. 1990/468
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1990 and shall come into force on 1st April 1990.

(2) In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations ” means the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Regulations 1989 .

Section 2 Amendments of amounts specified in the principal Regulations

(1) In regulation 3(1)(b) of the principal Regulations (“Supply of drugs and appliances by chemists”), for the figure “£2.80”, there shall be substituted the figure “£3.05”.

(2) In regulation 8(5) of the principal Regulations (“Pre-payment certificates”)–

(a) for the figure “£14.50” there shall be substituted the figure “£15.80”; and

(b) for the figure “£40.00” there shall be substituted the figure “£43.50”.

(3) For Schedules 1, 2 and 3 to the principal Regulations there shall be substituted those Schedules as set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Section 3 Amendment of regulation 7 (“Exemptions”) of the principal Regulations

In regulation 7(1)(e)(ii) of the principal Regulations (“Exemptions”)–

(a) the words “the following disorders for which specific substitution therapy is essential:–” shall be deleted;

(b) for the words from “Addison’s disease” to “hypoadrenalism,” there shall be substituted the words “forms of hypoadrenalism (including Addison’s disease) for which specific substitution therapy is required,”; and

(c) after the words “diabetes mellitus” there shall be inserted the words “except where treatment is by diet alone”.

Section 4 Application

The principal Regulations, as amended by these Regulations, shall apply only where drugs are supplied after 31st March 1990 except that–

(a) regulation 6 (“Fabric supports and wigs”) of the principal Regulations, as so amended, shall apply only where the examination or first examination leading to the supply of the specified appliance takes place after that date; and

(b) regulation 8 (“Pre-payment certificates”) of the principal Regulations, as so amended, shall apply only where the application referred to in pa1ragraph (1) of that regulation is received after that date.