The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Amendment Regulations 1991

• Citation: S.I. 1991/438
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Amendment Regulations 1991 and come into force on 1st April 1991.

Section 2 Amendment of Regulations

The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 1989 are amended as follows—

(a) by the insertion, after the definition of “member State” in regulation 1(2), of the definition:

“ NHS trust” means a National Health Service trust established under Part I of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 ;

(b) by the deletion in the definition of “services forming part of the health service” in regulation 1(2) of the words from “other than accommodation” to the end of the definition and the substitution of the following:

and includes accommodation, services and other facilities provided by an NHS trust, but does not include any accommodation, service or facility made available or provided under section 65 of the Act (accommodation and services for private patients of health authorities), section 7(2) of the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (powers to make more income available for the health service) or paragraph 14 of Schedule 2 to the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (accommodation and services for private patients of NHS trusts);

(c) by the insertion, in the definition of “treatment the need for which arose during the visit”, after the word “Authority” of the words “or NHS trust”;

(d) by the insertion in paragraphs (1) and (2) of regulation 2 after the word “Authority” in each place where it occurs of the words “or NHS trust”;

(e) by the insertion after paragraph (b) of regulation 3 of the following—

(bb) consisting of the provision of family planning services; or

(f) by the insertion in paragraph (a) of regulation 4, after the word “Authority” of the words “or NHS trust”;

(g) by the insertion in paragraphs (1) and (2) of regulation 8 after the word “Authority” in each place where it occurs of the words “or NHS trust”;

(h) by the deletion from Schedule 2 of the entries “German Democratic Republic” and “Portugal”.