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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pharmaceutical-services-amendment-regulations-1999/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pharmaceutical-services-amendment-regulations-1999/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/696",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Amendment Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pharmaceutical-services-amendment-regulations-1999",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations",
  "text": "(1) Regulation 2 of the principal Regulations (interpretation) is amended as follows.\n(2) In paragraph (1)—\n(a) in the appropriate alphabetical position insert—\n““Charges Regulations” means the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Regulations 1989;\n“directed services” means additional pharmaecutical services;\n“pharmaceutical services” means pharmaceutical services other than directed services;\n“Remission of Charges Regulations” means the National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) Regulations 1988;”; and\n(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, a Health and Social Services Board constituted under the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972, or an NHS trust, and issued by a doctor, dentist or nurse prescriber to enable a person to obtain pharmaceutical services.”.\n(3) In paragraph (1A) (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”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "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."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See sections 41A of the 1977 Act, inserted by section 27(1) of the 1977 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "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."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1978 c. 29."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "S.I. 1972/1265 (NI 14)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Paragraph (1A) was inserted by S.I. 1994/2402, regulation 2(3), and amended by S.I. 1996/698 and 1998/681."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/696/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:56:58.423395+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}