Statutory Instrument 1993 No.420

The National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Amendment Regulations 1993

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1993 No.420

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE,

ENGLAND AND WALES

The National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Amendment Regulations 1993

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred on her by sections 77, 83A and 126(4) of the National Health Service Act 1977^[1] and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:—

Citation, commencement and interpretation
    1.—(1)  These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Amendment Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 1st April 1993.

    (2)  In these Regulations, "the principal Regulations" means the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Regulations 1989^[2].

Amendment of the principal Regulations
    2.—(1)  In regulation 9(2) of the principal Regulations (repayment of charges)—
 (a) in sub-paragraph (b) the words "within such period of the supply of the drug or appliance, and" shall be omitted;
 (b) after sub-paragraph (b) there shall be inserted the following new sub-paragraph (bb)—
(bb) "be made within 3 months from the date on which the drug or appliance was supplied to the applicant or within such further period as the Secretary of State may, for good cause, allow;" .


    (2)  For each amount specified in column (3) of the Schedule to these Regulations, where it appears in the provision of the principal Regulations specified in relation to it incolumn (1) (the subject matter of which is indicated in column (2) of that Schedule), there shall be substituted the amount specified in relation to it in column (4) of that Schedule.

Transitional provisions
    3.    Where, on or after 1st April 1993—
 (a) any appliance specified in Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations is supplied pursuant to an order given before that date; or
 (b) any pre-payment certificate is granted under regulation 8 of the principal Regulations pursuant to an application under that regulation which was received before that date,
the principal Regulations shall have effect in relation to that supply or, as the case may be, that grant as if regulation 2(2) of these Regulations had not come into force.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Brian Mawhinney

Minister of State, Department of Health

2nd March 1993

[1] 1977 c. 49; see section 128(1), as amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) ("the 1990 Act") section 26(2)(g) and (i), for the definitions of "prescribed" and "regulations"; section 83A was inserted by the Social Security Act 1988 (c. 7), section 14(1) and amended by the 1990 Act, section 66(1) and Schedule 9,paragraph 18(5); section 126 was amended by the 1990 Act, section 65(2). back

[2] S.I. 1989/419; the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1990/537, 1991/579 and 1992/365. back

Explanatory Note