HEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Pharmaceutical Services and General Medical Services (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2002. 2 In these Regulations— a “the Pharmaceutical Regulations ” means the Pharmaceutical Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 ; b “the Medical Regulations ” means the General Medical Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 . Amendment of regulation 2 of the Pharmaceutical Regulations 2 1 Regulation 2 of the Pharmaceutical Regulations (interpretation) is amended as follows. 2 In paragraph (1)— a in the appropriate alphabetical position insert— “restricted availability appliance” means an appliance which is approved for particular categories of persons or particular purposes only; . Amendment of regulation 7 of the Pharmaceutical Regulations 3 In regulation 7 of the Pharmaceutical Regulations (removal from pharmaceutical list) paragraph (5) shall be renumbered paragraph (4A). Amendment of regulation 9 of the Pharmaceutical Regulations 4 In regulation 9 of the Pharmaceutical Regulations (standards of, and payments for, drugs and appliances), in sub-paragraph (1)( a ), at the end, insert “and in the case of a restricted availability appliance, the categories of persons for whom or purposes for which the appliance is approved”. Amendment of regulation 11 of the Pharmaceutical Regulations 5 In regulation 11 of the Pharmaceutical Regulations (provision of pharmaceutical services for immediate treatment or personal administration) after sub-paragraph ( b ) insert “but shall, in either case, provide a restricted availability appliance only if it is for a person or a purpose specified in the Drug Tariff.”. Amendment of Schedule 2 to the Pharmaceutical Regulations 6 In Schedule 2 of the Pharmaceutical Regulations (terms of service for chemists)— a in paragraph 2 (provision of pharmaceutical services)— i in sub-paragraph 1( a ), after “or appliances” insert “not being restricted availability appliances,”; ii after sub-paragraph 1( b ), insert— bb an order for a restricted availability appliance, signed by and endorsed on its face with the reference “S11” by a doctor; or ; iii in sub-paragraph 1( d ) after “listed appliances,” insert “not being restricted availability appliances,”; and iv after sub-paragraph 1( d ) insert— or e an order for a restricted availability appliance, signed by and endorsed on its face with the reference “S11” by a nurse prescriber, b in paragraph 13— i in sub-paragraph ( b ), delete “and”; ii in sub-paragraph ( c ), at the end, insert “; and,”; and iii after sub-paragraph ( c ), insert— d he shall provide for the patient a restricted availability appliance only if the patient is a person or it is for a purpose specified in the Drug Tariff. ; c in paragraph 14(2), after “nurse prescriber,” insert “or an order for a restricted availability appliance, signed by and endorsed on its face with the reference “S11” by a nurse prescriber,”; d in paragraph 15(2), after “in this paragraph”, insert “or paragraph 13” and, after “a scheduled drug”, insert “or a restricted availability appliance”. Amendment of Schedule 2 to the Medical Regulations 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 8th March 2002. D. J. Thompson A senior officer of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 8th March 2002. Rodney Scott A senior officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel