The National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) Amendment Regulations 2002

• Citation: S.I. 2002/580
• Sections: 3

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 2002 and shall come into force on 8th April 2002.

(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 8 of the principal Regulations

(1) Regulation 8 of the principal Regulations (repayment) shall be amended as follows.

(2) Paragraph (4)(a)(iii) shall be omitted.

(3) After paragraph (4)(a) there shall be inserted—

(aa) in a case falling within regulation 3(3)(d) authorise in writing the repayment of the amount in question to the claimant by the body which made the arrangements referred to in that provision; or

Section 3 Amendment of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations

In Table A of Part I of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (modification of provisions of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987) in the entry relating to “regulation 53” for “£11,500” there shall be substituted “£11,750” and for “£18,500” there shall be substituted “£19,000”.