Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order varies Group 12 (Drugs, Medicines and Aids for the Handicapped) of Schedule 8 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994, with effect from 1st April 1995.
The Order introduces a new item 1A to the Group, which provides for the zero-rating of goods supplied by doctors who are required or authorised to provide pharmaceutical services on behalf of the National Health Service.