# General Medical Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997, Paragraph 44: Fees

Extent: N.I.
Status: prospective

(1) Where a person from whom a doctor received a fee under paragraph 43(e) applies to the Agency for a refund within 14 days of payment of the fee (or such longer period, not exceeding one month, as the Agency may allow if it is satisfied that the failure to apply within 14 days was reasonable) and the Agency is satisfied that the person was on the doctor’s list when the treatment was given, the Agency may recover the amount of the fee from the doctor, by deduction from his remuneration or otherwise, and shall pay that amount to the person who paid the fee.
(2) Where a doctor has supplied any drug or appliance in respect of which, in the case of a person on his list, he would have been entitled to payment, the Agency shall credit him with the appropriate amount.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/380/schedule/2/paragraph/44 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-services-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/schedule-2/paragraph-44
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