The National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) and (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) Amendment Regulations 2009

Made: 27th February 2009

Laid before Parliament: 5th March 2009

Coming into force

The Secretary of State for Health makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 172, 174, 182, 183, 184 and 272(7) and (8) of the National Health Service Act 2006 .

Citation, commencement and interpretation

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• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) and (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) Amendment Regulations 2009 and shall come into force as follows—

• (a) regulations 1 to 3 on 1st April 2009;

• (b) regulation 4 on 6th April 2009;

• (c) regulation 5 on 7th April 2009.

• (2) In these Regulations—

• “the Charges Regulations” means the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Regulations 2000 ; and

• “the Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges Regulations” means the National Health Service (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) Regulations 2003 .

Amendment of the Charges Regulations to increase charges

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Transitional provision relating to the Charges Regulations

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Amendment of regulation 5 of the Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges Regulations

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In regulation 5 of the Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges Regulations (entitlement to full remission and payment), in paragraph (1), for “£15,050” substitute “ £15,276 ”.

Amendment of Schedule 1 to the Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges Regulations

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• (1) Schedule 1 to the Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges Regulations (modifications of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987) is amended as follows.

• (2) In column 2 of Table A—

• (a) in the entry relating to regulation 45, for “£22,250” substitute “ £23,000 ”; and

• (b) in the entry relating to regulation 53—

• (i) for “£13,500” substitute “ £14,000 ”; and

• (ii) for “£22,250” substitute “ £23,000 ”.

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.

Dawn Primarolo — Minister of State, — 2009-02-27

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2006 c.41. By virtue of section 271 of the Act the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by those sections are exercisable only in relation to England.

[^f00002]: S.I. 2000/620; relevant amendments are made by S.I. 2000/3189, 2002/548, 2002/2352, 2003/1084, 2004/696, 2004/865, 2005/578, 2007/1510, 2007/1975 and 2008/571.

[^f00003]: S.I. 2003/2382; relevant amendments are made by S.I. 2005/578 and 2008/843.

Editorial notes

[^c19595591]: 2006 c.41. By virtue of section 271 of the Act the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by those sections are exercisable only in relation to England.

[^c19595601]: S.I. 2000/620; relevant amendments are made by S.I. 2000/3189, 2002/548, 2002/2352, 2003/1084, 2004/696, 2004/865, 2005/578, 2007/1510, 2007/1975 and 2008/571.

[^c19595611]: S.I. 2003/2382; relevant amendments are made by S.I. 2005/578 and 2008/843.

[^key-7b6d0c4672789dbd371eb97527529821]: Reg. 2 revoked (1.4.2015) by The National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/570), reg. 1, Sch. 3

[^key-3eea30e0b106bdaea97e2a645dbe2ff3]: Reg. 3 revoked (1.4.2015) by The National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/570), reg. 1, Sch. 3