The National Health Service (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) Amendment Regulations 2006

• Citation: S.I. 2006/1065
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation, commencement, application and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) Amendment Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 1st May 2006.

(2) These Regulations apply in relation to England.

(3) In these Regulations—

(a) “the Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges Regulations ” means the National Health Service (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) Regulations 2003 ; and

(b) “the Income Support Regulations ” means the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 .

Section 2 Modifications of the Income Support Regulations in Schedule 1 of the Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges Regulations

(1) Schedule 1 to the Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges Regulations (Modifications of Income Support Regulations) is amended as follows.

(2) In Table A, in the modifications of—

(a) regulation 45 of the Income Support Regulations, for paragraphs (a) to (c), substitute—

(a) for a claimant permanently residing in accommodation as defined in Regulation 19A—£21,000;

(b) in any other case—£16,000.

(b) regulation 53 of the Income Support Regulations, for “£20,500” substitute “£21,000”; and

(c) regulation 53 of the Income Support Regulations, for “£12,500” substitute “£12,750”.