The National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) Amendment Regulations 1998

• Citation: S.I. 1998/2417
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) Amendment Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st October 1998.

(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) Regulations 1988 .

Section 2 Amendment of regulation 3 of the principal Regulations

In paragraph (2)(b) of regulation 3 of the principal Regulations (entitlement to full remission and payment) after “Act” there shall be added “or of section 20(1) of the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 .”.

Section 3 Amendment of regulation 5 of the principal Regulations

(1) Regulation 5 of the principal Regulations (persons entitled to remission in part or payment in part) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) In paragraph (2) after “section 79(1) of the Act” there shall be inserted “or of section 20(1) of the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997”.

(3) For sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (4) there shall be substituted–

(b) in the case of a charge–

(i) for dental treatment or for the supply of a dental appliance under Part II of the Act (general dental services), or

(ii) for dental treatment under Part I of the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (personal dental services),

the charge made for one course of treatment, including any charge made for a dental appliance supplied in that course of treatment;

(4) In paragraph (4)(c) after “Act” there shall be inserted “or under Part I of the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997”.