The National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) Amendment Regulations 2000

• Citation: S.I. 2000/621
• Sections: 9

Section 1 Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) Amendment Regulations 2000.

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

(3) These Regulations extend to England only.

Section 2 Amendment of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations

In regulation 2(1) of the principal Regulations (interpretation), after sub-paragraph (c) in the definition of “family” there shall be added the following sub-paragraph–

(d) where a claim has been made for support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 , it means the asylum-seeker who has made that claim and any dependant, as defined in section 94 of that Act, whom he has included in that claim.

Section 3 Amendment of regulation 3 of the principal Regulations

(1) Regulation 3(3) of the principal Regulations (entitlement to full remission and payment) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) In sub-paragraph (a), after the words “in attending a hospital” there shall be inserted the words “or any other place”.

(3) After sub-paragraph (b), there shall be added the following sub-paragraph–

(c) in attending an establishment managed by a Primary Care Trust for the purpose of availing himself of services provided under the care of a consultant in pursuance of the Act.

Section 4 Amendment of regulation 4 of the principal Regulations

At the end of regulation 4 of the principal Regulations (description of persons entitled to full remission and payment) there shall be added the following paragraphs–

, or

(n) an asylum-seeker for whom support is provided under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999; or

(o) a member of the same family as a person described in paragraph (n) of this regulation

Section 5 Amendment of regulation 5A of the principal Regulations

For paragraph (a) of regulation 5A of the principal Regulations (payment of travelling expenses) there shall be substituted the following paragraph–

(a) in a case where the travelling expenses are incurred or to be incurred by a person in attending a hospital or any other place which is managed by an NHS trust or a Primary Care Trust, by that NHS trust or that Primary Care Trust;

Section 6 Amendment of regulation 5B of the principal Regulations

(1) Regulation 5B of the principal Regulations (payment to persons resident in the Isles of Scilly) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) In paragraph (1), the words “and Wales” shall be omitted.

(3) In paragraph (2)(a), for the words “that difference” there shall be substituted the words “any travelling expenses incurred in excess of that difference”.

(4) In paragraph (2)(b), for “£5” in the second place where it occurs there shall be substituted “any travelling expenses incurred in excess of £5”.

Section 7 Amendment of regulation 7 of the principal Regulations

(1) Regulation 7(1) of the principal Regulations (claims for remission or payment) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) In sub-paragraph (a)(ii), for “(e), (f) or (m)” there shall be substituted “ (e), (f), (m), (n) or (o)”.

(3) For sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph–

(b) provide any declaration of entitlement required under regulation 3(3) or 4(3) or any declaration or evidence of entitlement required under regulation 5(3) or 6(3) of the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Regulations 2000 .

Section 8 Amendment of regulation 8 of the principal Regulations

(1) Regulation 8 of the principal Regulations (payment) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) In paragraph (4)–

(a) after the words “an NHS trust”, in both places where they occur there shall be inserted the words “or a Primary Care Trust”;

(b) after the words “the NHS trust”, there shall be inserted the words “ or the Primary Care Trust”;

(c) in sub-paragraph (a)(i)–

(i) after “5(1)” there shall be inserted “or in regulation 6(1)”; and

(ii) for “1989” there shall be substituted “2000”; and

(d) in sub-paragraph (a)(ii), after “hospital” there shall be inserted the words “or any other place”.

(3) In paragraph (5) after the words “the NHS trust”, there shall be inserted the words “or the Primary Care Trust”.

Section 9 Amendment of regulation 8A of the principal Regulations

(1) Regulation 8A of the principal Regulations (reimbursement of payments made in respect of relevant travelling expenses) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) After the words “Where a Health Authority”, there shall be inserted the words “, a Primary Care Trust”.

(3) For the words “in whose district that person resides” there shall be substituted the words “or the Primary Care Trust, as the case may be, for which those services are provided”.