# The Consumer Subscription Contracts (Cancellation and Information) Regulations 2026, Regulation 39: Amendments to paragraphs 3 and 4 of Schedule 22 to the DMCCA: medical prescriptions etc


(1) In Schedule 22 to the DMCCA, in paragraph 3 (excluded contracts where the supply is made for purposes relating to health)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (1)(a) omit “and”;
(b) in sub-paragraph (1)(b)(ii) for “.” substitute “, and”;
(c) after sub-paragraph (1)(b)(ii) insert—
“(c) is not of an optical appliance.”;
(d) in sub-paragraph (2) in the appropriate place insert—
““optical appliance” has the meaning given by section 36(1) of the Opticians Act 1989;”
(e) in sub-paragraph (2), in paragraph (c) of the definition of “prescriber”, for “but as if that definition included “a dentist”;” substitute—
“but as if—
(i) that definition included “a dentist”, and
(ii) in paragraph (i) of that definition, “under an agreed clinical management plan” were omitted;”
(2) In Schedule 22 to the DMCCA, in paragraph 4(2) (definitions for the purposes of excluded contracts for supplies by a health care professional or a person included in a relevant list etc) in the definition of “relevant list” after paragraph (c)(iv) (in relation to arrangements in Scotland; the dental list), insert—
“(v) the Ophthalmic List prepared under regulation 6 of the National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/135);”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348287912/regulation/39 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-consumer-subscription-contracts-cancellation-and-information-regulations-2026/regulation-39
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