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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pharmaceutical-services-regulations-1992/regulation-18",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1992/662",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pharmaceutical-services-regulations-1992",
  "path": "regulation/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Standards of, and payments for, drugs and appliances",
  "text": "(1) For the purpose of enabling arrangements to be made for the provision of pharmaceutical services, the Secretary of State shall compile and publish a statement (in these Regulations referred to as “the Drug Tariff”) which he may amend from time to time and which shall include—\n(a) the list of appliances for the time being approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of section 41 of the Act;\n(b) the list of chemical reagents for the time being approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of section 41 of the Act;\n(c) the list of drugs for the time being approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of section 41 of the Act;\n(d) the prices on the basis of which the payment for drugs and appliances ordinarily supplied is to be calculated;\n(e) the method of calculating the payment for drugs not mentioned in the Drug Tariff;\n(f) the method of calculating the payment for containers and medicine measures;\n(g) the dispensing or other fees payable in respect of the supply of drugs and appliances and of supplemental services;\n(h) arrangements for claiming fees, allowances and other remuneration for the provision of pharmaceutical services;\n(i) the method by which a claim may be made for compensation for financial loss in respect of oxygen equipment.\n(2) The prices referred to in paragraph (1)(d) may be fixed prices or may be subject to monthly or other periodical variations to be determined by reference to fluctuations in the cost of drugs and appliances.\n(3) A chemist shall supply, in response to a request from the Secretary of State within 30 days of the notification of the request, any information which the Secretary of State may require for the purpose of conducting any inquiry into the prices, payments, fees, allowances and remuneration specified in paragraph (1)(d) to (i).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
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      "type": "applied (with modifications) by SI 2004/291 Sch. 6 para. 48(5) (as substituted)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/893",
      "affecting_title": "The National Health Service (Primary Medical Services) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2005"
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      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1995/644",
      "affecting_title": "The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Amendment Regulations 1995"
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      "affecting": "uksi/1995/644",
      "affecting_title": "The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Amendment Regulations 1995"
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      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/696",
      "affecting_title": "The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Amendment Regulations 1999"
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      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1993/2451",
      "affecting_title": "The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Amendment Regulations 1993"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/1084",
      "affecting_title": "The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (General Medical Services) and (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Amendment Regulations 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "applied (with modifications) by SI 2004/627 Sch. 5 para. 47(5) (as substituted)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/893",
      "affecting_title": "The National Health Service (Primary Medical Services) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2005"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "wsi/2004/1018",
      "affecting_title": "The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services etc.), (Repeatable Prescriptions) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2004"
    },
    {
      "type": "am (W)",
      "affecting": "wsi/2005/1013",
      "affecting_title": "The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2005"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "wsi/2007/1112",
      "affecting_title": "The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Remuneration for Persons providing Pharmaceutical Services) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2007"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2002/2469",
      "affecting_title": "The National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (Supplementary, Consequential etc. Provisions) Regulations 2002"
    },
    {
      "type": "am (E)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2002/551",
      "affecting_title": "The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) and (General Medical Services) (No. 2) Amendment Regulations 2002"
    },
    {
      "type": "am (W) (1.1.2003)",
      "affecting": "wsi/2002/3189",
      "affecting_title": "The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) and (General Medical Services) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2002"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2002/2861",
      "affecting_title": "The National Health Service (Local Pharmaceutical Services Etc.) Regulations 2002"
    }
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/662/regulation/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:25:33.027590+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."
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