This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of a defect in SI 2017/408 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.
Statutory Instruments
2017 No. 457
National Health Service, England
The National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2017
Made
22nd March 2017
Laid before Parliament
23rd March 2017
Coming into force
1st April 2017
The Secretary of State for Health makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 172, 178 and 272(7) of the National Health Service Act 2006( 1 ).
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 1st April 2017.
Amendment of the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Regulations 2015
2. —(1)The National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Regulations 2015( 2 ) are amended as follows.
(2) In each of the following provisions, for “£8.40” substitute “£8.60”—
(a) regulation 3(7) (supply of drugs and appliances by chemists); and
(b) regulation 7(5) (supply of drugs and appliances at walk-in centres).
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.
O’Shaughnessy
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Health
22nd March 2017
2006 c.41 . See section 275(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006 (“the Act”) for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations” that are relevant to the powers being exercised. The powers conferred by these sections are exercisable by the Secretary of State only in relation to England, by virtue of section 271(1) of the Act.
S.I. 2015/570 : as amended by S.I. 2015/1879 , 2016/325 , 696 and 1077 , and 2017/408 .