The National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) and (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) Amendment Regulations 2007

• Citation: S.I. 2007/1975
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation, commencement, application and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) and (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) Amendment Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 1st September 2007.

(2) These Regulations apply in relation to England.

(3) In these Regulations—

(a) “the Charges Regulations ” means the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Regulations 2000 ;

(b) “the Income Support Regulations ” means the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 ; and

(c) “the Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges Regulations ” means the National Health Service (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) Regulations 2003 .

Section 2 Amendment of regulation 5 of the Charges Regulations

(1) Regulation 5 (supply of drugs and appliances by health authorities, NHS trusts and primary care trusts) of the Charges Regulations is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (1) after “paragraphs (3)” insert “, (3A)”.

(3) After paragraph (3) insert—

(3A) No charge shall be made and recovered under this regulation from a patient who is accepted by the person supplying the drug as suffering from tuberculosis in respect of any drug supplied to that patient for the treatment of tuberculosis.

Section 3 Amendment of regulation 6A of the Charges Regulations

(1) Regulation 6A (supply of drugs under patient group directions) of the Charges Regulations is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (1) after “paragraphs (3)” insert “, (3A)”.

(3) After paragraph (3) insert—

(3A) No charge shall be made and recovered under this regulation from a patient who is accepted by the person supplying the drug as suffering from tuberculosis in respect of any drug supplied to that patient for the treatment of tuberculosis.

Section 4 Modifications of the Income Support Regulations in Schedule 1 of the Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges Regulations

(1) Schedule 1 to the Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges Regulations (Modifications of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987) is amended as follows.

(2) In Table A, in the modifications of regulation 66A of the Income Support Regulations (treatment of student loans), for the first entry, substitute—

For paragraph (1), substitute—

(1) A student loan shall be treated as income unless it is—

(a) a hardship loan; or

(b) an additional loan, as described in the Guide to Student Support issued by the Student Awards Agency for Scotland 2007-2008 , paid pursuant to an application for a loan made under regulation 5(1) or (9) of the Education (Student Loans) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 (applications for loans) ,

in which case it shall be disregarded.