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The National Health Service (General Medical Services) Amendment (No.3) Regulations 2001

S.I. 2001/3386 · Made 12 October 2001

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NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND

Made 12th October 2001

Laid before Parliament 12th October 2001

Coming into force 1st November 2001

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 29 and 126(4) of the National Health Service Act 1977f1 hereby makes the following Regulations—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

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); and by the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) (“the 1999 Act”), Schedule 4, paragraph 38(2), for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”. Section 29 was extended by the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c. 49), section 17; and amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53), sections 1 and 7 and Schedule 1, paragraph 42(b); by the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41), Schedule 6, paragraph 2; by the Medical Act 1983 (c. 54), section 56(1) and Schedule 5, paragraph 16(a); by S.I. 1985/39, article 7(3); by the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17), Schedule 1, paragraph 18; and by the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 46), Schedule 2, paragraph 8. Section 126(4) was amended by the 1990 Act section 65(2) and the 1999 Act Schedule 4, paragraph 37(6).

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and extent
  2. 2Amendment of the National Health Service (General Medical Services) Regulations 1992
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and extent

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (General Medical Services) Amendment (No.3) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 1st November 2001.

(2)

These Regulations extend to England onlyf1.

2Amendment of the National Health Service (General Medical Services) Regulations 1992

(1)

In Schedule 11 of the National Health Service (General Medical Services) Regulations 1992f1, after “Sildenafil (Viagra)” in columns 1 and 2 respectively insert “, Apomorphine Hydrochloride (Uprima)”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Hunt

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of Health

12th October 2001

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the National Health Service (General Medical Services) Regulations 1992 (“the principal Regulations”) which regulate the terms on which doctors provide general medical services under the National Health Service Act 1977.

Regulation 2 includes Uprima in Schedule 11 to the principal Regulations, which lists drugs which may only be prescribed in certain circumstances.

As a result of the transfer of certain functions of the Secretary of State in relation to Wales to the National Assembly for Wales, these amendments apply to England only.