The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2015

Prisoners or detainees E+W

19.—(1) No charge may be made or recovered in respect of any relevant services provided to an overseas visitor—

(a) who is detained in prison or in a place in which a person may be detained that is provided by the Secretary of State under section 43(1) (remand centres and young offender institutions) of the Prison Act 1952 M1 ; or

(b) who is detained under any of the following provisions—

(i) Schedule 2 (administrative provisions as to control on entry etc) M2 or Schedule 3 (supplementary provisions as to deportation) M3 to the 1971 Act;

(ii) section 62 (detention by Secretary of State) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 M4 ;

(iii) section 40(7)(c) (searches: contracting out) of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 M5 ; or

(iv) section 2 (detention) or 36 (detention) of the UK Borders Act 2007 M6 .

(2) In this regulation, “prison” has the meaning given in section 53(1) of the Prison Act 1952 M7 .

Marginal Citations

M1 1952 c. 52; section 43(1) was amended by the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33), Schedule 8, paragraph 1, Schedule 15, paragraph 11, Schedules 16 and 18; the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33), section 5(2), 18(3) and Schedule 11; the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37), Schedule 8, paragraph 6; the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6), Schedule 9, paragraph 5(1) and (2); the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), Schedule 26, paragraph 3, and the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), Schedule 12, paragraph 4.

M2 1971 c. 77; Schedule 2 was amended by the Criminal Justice Act 1972 (c. 71), Schedule 6, Part II; the British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61), Schedule 4, paragraphs 2 and 3(1); the Immigration Act 1988 (c. 14), Schedule, paragraphs 6 to 9 and 10(1); the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 (c. 49), Schedule 2, paragraphs 5 to 12 and Schedule 4; the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22), Schedule 13, paragraph 70; the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33), section 18, 19, 132(2), 134(2), 135(2), 136(2), 139(2), 140, Schedule 14, paragraphs 43, 56 to 65, 67 and Schedule 16; the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41), sections 63, 64, 73(1) and (5), 119 and Schedule 7, paragraphs 2, 4 and 6; the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), Schedule 8, paragraph 149; the Health Protection Agency Act 2004 (c. 17), Schedule 3, paragraph 3; the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004 (c. 19), section 16, 18 and Schedules 2 and 4, paragraph 1; the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 (c. 13), sections 27, 31 and 42 and Schedule 3; the Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), section 5, 7, 9, 13, Schedule 1, paragraphs 1, 2(1) and 3, Schedule 2, paragraph 1, Schedule 8, Schedule 9, paragraphs 1, 20, 23 and 72; S.I. 1990/2227, 1993/1813, 2010/21 and 2014/1704.

M3 Schedule 3 was amended by the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48), Schedule 10; the Immigration Act 1988 (c. 14), Schedule, paragraph 10(2); the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 (c. 49), Schedule 2, paragraph 13; the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33), section 54 and Schedule 14, paragraphs 43 and 68; the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41), Schedule 7, paragraph 7 and 8; the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), Schedule 8, paragraph 150 and Schedule 10; the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004 (c. 19), section 34; the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 (c. 13), section 53, and the Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), Schedule 1, paragraph 2(2) and Schedule 9, paragraphs 9, 20 and 24.

M4 2002 c. 41; section 62 was amended by the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 (c. 2), section 16(2)(c) and the Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), Schedule 9, paragraphs 3(1), (2) and 13.

M5 2006 c. 13.

M6 2007 c. 30; section 2 was amended by the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 (c. 11), section 52(1).

M7 1952 c. 52. There are amendments to section 53(1) but none are relevant.