The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2023
| Jurisdiction | Scotland |
| Year | 2023 |
| Citation | SSI 2023/173 |
2023 No. 173
National Health Service
The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2023
Made 31th May 2023
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 2nd June 2023
Coming into force 1st July 2023
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 98 and 105(7) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 19781and all other powers enabling them to do so.
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2023 and come into force on 1 July 2023.
Amendment of the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Scotland) Regulations 1989
2.—(1) The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Scotland) Regulations 19892are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 5(c) (exemption from charges for treatment the need for which arose during the visit) for “, other than Israel, or territory specified in Schedule 2” substitute “or territory specified in schedule 2, other than Bermuda, Cayman Islands or Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands”.
(3) In schedule 2 (countries or territories in respect of which the United Kingdom Government has entered into a reciprocal agreement)—
(a)
(a) in the appropriate alphabetical position, insert—
(i) “Bermuda”,
(ii) “Cayman Islands”,
(iii) “Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands”, and
(b)
(b) for “St Helena” substitute “St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha”.
MICHAEL MATHESON
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
31st May 2023
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Scotland) Regulations 1989 (“the principal Regulations”) which provide for the making and recovery of charges for health services provided to certain persons who are not ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom.
These Regulations amend regulation 5(c) of the principal Regulations so that it provides that no charge for services forming part of the health service, provided only for the purpose of giving treatment the need for which arose during the visit, shall be made in respect of any overseas visitor who is “a person resident in a country or territory...
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