The Provision of Health Services to Persons Not Ordinarily Resident (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022
| Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland |
| Citation | SR 2022/174 |
| Year | 2022 |
Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
2022 No. 174Health And Personal Social Services
The Provision of Health Services to Persons Not Ordinarily Resident (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022Made
11th May 2022
Coming into operation
12th May 2022
The Department of Health(1) in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 42, 106(b) and 107(6) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972(2), in conjunction with the Department of Finance(3), makes the following Regulations:
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Provision of Health Services to Persons Not Ordinarily Resident (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 and shall come into operation on 12th May 2022.
(2) In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the Provision of Health Services to Persons Not Ordinarily Resident Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015(4).
Amendment to regulation 2 of the principal Regulations2. In regulation 2 (interpretation) of the principal Regulations, in the definition of “authorised companion”—
(a)the words from “obtaining a course of treatment” to the end shall become paragraph (a) of that definition, and
(b)after that paragraph insert—
“or
(b)ordinarily resident in Ukraine and is obtaining a course of treatment;”.
Insertion of regulation 15A to the principal Regulations3. After regulation 15 (visitors exempt from charges – war pensioners and armed forces compensation scheme payment recipients) of the principal Regulations insert the following regulation—
“Visitors exempt from charges – visitors from Ukraine15A.—(1) No charge may be made or recovered in respect of any services forming part of health services provided to a visitor who—
(a)is lawfully present in the United Kingdom, and
(b)is ordinarily resident in Ukraine.
(2) This paragraph applies to a visitor who, during the relevant period—
(a)received services forming part of health services and who is exempt from charge by virtue of—
(i)paragraph (1); or
(ii)regulation 22(1)(ba) (family members of visitors); or
(b)received services forming part of health services the need for which arose during the visit and is exempt from charge by virtue of being—
(i)an authorised companion; or
(ii)authorised child
who has been granted leave to enter the United Kingdom to accompany a person who is exempt from charge under paragraph (1).
(3) A visitor to whom paragraph (2) applies is to be treated for the purposes of these Regulations as if, at the time the services forming part of health services were provided, the visitor was a visitor in respect of whom no charge may be made or recovered for those services forming part of health services.
(4) Where, in respect of a visitor to whom paragraph (2) applies, a charge determined by the Department in respect of services forming part of health services—
(a)is yet to be made, no charge shall be made;
(b)is yet to be recovered, no...
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