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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 1st April 2005.
(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Regulations 2001.
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(1) Subject to regulation 3 below, the principal Regulations are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 3(1)(b) (supply of drugs and appliances by chemists) for “£6.40” substitute “£6.50”.
(3) In regulation 8(5) (pre-payment certificates)–
(a) for “£33.40” substitute “£33.90”; and
(b) for “£91.80” substitute “£93.20”.
(4) For Schedules 1, 2 and 3 (charges for elastic hosiery, for tights and for fabric supports and wigs) substitute Schedules 1, 2 and 3 set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
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Regulation 2(2) to (4) shall apply in relation to supplies of drugs and appliances and payments for pre-payment certificates made on or after 1st April 2005 except that–
(a) the amendment of regulation 8(5) (pre-payment certificates) of the principal Regulations by regulation 2(3) above shall apply only where the application referred to in paragraph (1) of regulation 8 of the principal Regulations is received on or after that date; and
(b) the insertion of Schedule 3 into the principal Regulations by regulation 2(4) above shall apply only where the examination or first examination leading to the supply of the specified appliance takes place on or after that date.
RHONA BRANKIN
Authorised to sign on behalf of the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh
3rd March 2005
SCHEDULE
Regulation 2(4)

“
SCHEDULE 1
Regulations 3, 4 and 5


Column I Column 2
Specified Appliance Specified Sum
Above knee stocking, below knee stocking or thigh stocking £6.50 each (i.e. £13.00 per pair)
SCHEDULE 2
Regulation 5


Column I Column 2
Specified Appliance Specified Sum
Tights (per pair) £13.00
SCHEDULE 3
Regulation 5


Column I Column 2
Specified Appliance Specified Sum
Surgical Brassiere £21.80
Abdominal or Spinal Support £33.00
Stock Modacrylic Wig £53.90
Partial Human Hair Wig £142.30
Full Bespoke Human Hair Wig £208.10”.
