NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, SCOTLAND Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 1st April 1995. 2 In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations ” means the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Regulations 1989 . Amendments to the principal Regulations: amounts specified 2 1 In regulation 3(1)(b) of the principal Regulations (supply of drugs and appliances by chemists), for the figure “£4.75” there shall be substituted the figure “£5.25”. 2 In regulation 8(5) of the principal Regulations (pre-payment certificates)— a for the figure “£24.60” there shall be substituted the figure “£27.20”; and b for the figure “£67.70” there shall be substituted the figure “£74.80”. 3 For Schedules 1, 2 and 3 to the principal Regulations there shall be substituted those Schedules as set out in the Schedule to these Regulations. Amendment of regulation 8 of the principal Regulations 3 1 Regulation 8 of the principal Regulations (pre-payment certificates) shall be amended as follows. 2 For paragraph (6) there shall be substituted the following paragraph— 6 Where payment of a sum prescribed under this regulation has been made and, not more than one month after the date on which his pre-payment certificate became valid, the person in respect of whom payment was made— a becomes a person to whom any of the provisions of regulation 7(1)(b) to (f) applies; or b becomes a person entitled to remission under regulation 3 of the National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) Regulations 1988 ; or c dies; or d becomes resident in a hospital and thereafter either— i dies while resident in hospital before the expiry of the pre-payment certificate; or ii remains in hospital until the expiry of the pre-payment certificate, a claim for repayment of that sum may be made, by or on behalf of that person or his estate, in accordance with paragraphs (7) and (8). . 3 After paragraph (7) there shall be inserted the following paragraph:— 8 A claim under paragraph (6) shall be made— a in a case falling within paragraph (6)(a), (b) or (c), not more than four months after the date on which the pre-payment certificate became valid; b in a case falling within paragraph (6)(d)(i), not more than three months after the date of death; or c in a case falling within paragraph (6)(d)(ii), not more than three months after the date on which the pre-payment certificate expired. . Application 4 These Regulations shall apply in relation to supplies of drugs and appliances made after 31st March 1995 except that— a the substitution of Schedule 3 by regulation 2(3) above shall apply only where the examination or first examination leading to the supply of the specified appliance takes place after that date; and b the amendment of regulation 8 (pre-payment certificates) of the principal Regulations by regulations 2(2) and 3 above shall apply only where the application referred to in paragraph (1) of the said regulation 8 is received after that date. Fraser of Carmyllie Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 9th March 1995