Statutory Instruments
2024 No. 1086
National Health Service, England
The National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024
Made
31st October 2024
Laid before Parliament
1st November 2024
Coming into force-
29th November 2024
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 172, 178, 182 and 272(7) and (8)(a) of the National Health Service Act 2006( 1 ).
Citation, commencement, extent and application
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 and come into force on 29th November 2024.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales and apply only to England( 2 ).
Amendment of regulation 11 of the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Regulations 2015
2. —(1) Regulation 11 of the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Regulations 2015( 3 ) (exemption from charges for prisoners and persons detained in other secure accommodation) is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (2)—
(a) omit “non-electronic” at each place where it occurs (4 times); and
(b) in sub-paragraph (b)—
(i) for “printed upon” substitute “included within” , and
(ii) in paragraph (i), before “the letters” insert “in the case of a non-electronic prescription form,” .
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Karin Smyth
Minister of State
Department of Health and Social Care
31st October 2024
2006 c. 41 . See section 275(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006 for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations” that are relevant to the powers being exercised.
By virtue of section 271(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006, the functions of the Secretary of State being exercised in the making of these Regulations are exercisable only in relation to England.
S.I. 2015/570 ; regulation 11 has been amended by the Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17) , Schedule 24, paragraph 428, and by S.I. 2018/48 and 2023/1071 .