The National Health Service (Penalty Charge) (Scotland) Regulations 1999
These Regulations make provision for a civil penalty to be imposedwhere a person fails to pay a National Health Service (“NHS”) chargein respect of the provision of drugs and medicines, dental treatment andappliances, optical services, or any other appliances, or receives apayment or benefit towards the cost of a NHS charge or service to which heis not entitled, such as NHS spectacle vouchers or free NHS sight tests.