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# The National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

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 {#regulation-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 {#regulation-2}

(1) Regulation 11 of the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Regulations 2015 (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,”.