# Pharmaceutical Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997, Regulation 16: Claims and overpayments

Extent: N.I.
Status: prospective

(1) Any claim for fees, allowances or other remuneration by chemists or doctors shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the Drug Tariff or, as the case may be, in accordance with any arrangements for claiming them included in a determination made by the Board by virtue of regulation 9 or by the Department by virtue of regulation 10(1).
(2) Where it considers that a payment has been made to a chemist, or to a doctor who provides pharmaceutical services, in circumstances when it was not due, the Board, except to the extent that the Department, on the application of the Board, directs otherwise, shall draw the overpayment to the attention of the chemist or the doctor, and—
(a) where the overpayment is admitted by him; or
(b) where the overpayment is not so admitted but, the matter having been referred under regulation 5(1) of the Disciplinary Procedures Regulations for investigation, the Board, or the Department on appeal, decides that there has been an overpayment,
the amount overpaid shall be recoverable by the Board by deduction from the remuneration of the doctor or chemist or otherwise.
(3) Recovery of an overpayment under this regulation shall be without prejudice to the investigation of an alleged breach of the terms of service of that chemist or doctor.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/381/regulation/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pharmaceutical-services-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/regulation-16
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