Regulation 2 Amendment of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations

(1)

Regulation 2 of the principal Regulations (interpretation) is amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph (1)—

(a)

in the appropriate alphabetical position insert—

““Charges Regulations” means the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Regulations 1989^f1;

“directed services” means additional pharmaecutical services^f2;

“pharmaceutical services” means pharmaceutical services other than directed services;

“Remission of Charges Regulations” means the National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) Regulations 1988^f3;”; and

(b)

for the definition of “prescription form” substitute ““prescription form” means a form provided by a Health Authority, a Health Board constituted under section 2 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978^f4, a Health and Social Services Board constituted under the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972^f5, or an NHS trust, and issued by a doctor, dentist or nurse prescriber to enable a person to obtain pharmaceutical services.”.

(3)

In paragraph (1A)^f6 (which describes nurse prescribers who may issue prescription forms), in each of sub-paragraphs (a)(iii) and (b)(ii), for the words “or by a pilot scheme provider in connection with the provision of” substitute the words, “or who, at that time, is assisting in the performance of”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1989/419, amended by S.I. 1990/537, 1991/579, 1992/365, 1993/420, 1994/690, 1994/2402, 1995/643, 1995/2737, 1996/583, 1997/559, 1998/491, 1998/646.
f2: See sections 41A of the 1977 Act, inserted by section 27(1) of the 1977 Act.
f3: S.I. 1988/551, amended by S.I. 1989/394 and 517, 1990/548, 918 and 1661, 1991/557, 1992/1104, 1993/608, 1995/642 and 2352, 1996/410, 1346 and 2362, 1997/748 and 2393 and 1998/2417.
f4: 1978 c. 29.
f5: S.I. 1972/1265 (NI 14)
f6: Paragraph (1A) was inserted by S.I. 1994/2402, regulation 2(3), and amended by S.I. 1996/698 and 1998/681.