The National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances), (Dental Charges) and (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2013

Amendment of regulation 14 of the Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges Regulations

23.—(1) Regulation 14 of the Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges Regulations (payment and repayment of NHS foreign travel expenses) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (1), for “A” substitute “Subject to paragraph (1A), a”.

(3) After paragraph (1), insert—

“(1A) A person who wishes to claim entitlement to payment or repayment of NHS foreign travel expenses, where the services in question are provided pursuant to arrangements made under the 2006 Act by a local authority, must apply in writing to the relevant CCG within 3 months of the expenses having been incurred or such further period as the relevant CCG may for good cause allow.”.

(4) For paragraph (2), substitute—

“(2) Paragraphs (2) to (4) of regulation 7 apply to a claim (whether for payment or repayment) made under this regulation as if the references to the Secretary of State in those paragraphs were—

(a) in the case of a claim made under paragraph (1), references to the health service body which arranged the services referred to in regulation 3(2); or

(b) in the case of a claim made under paragraph (1A), references to the relevant CCG.”.

(5) After paragraph (2), insert—

“(3) In this regulation, “relevant CCG” means the CCG in whose area the claimant was usually resident at the time the claim was made. ”.