The National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2003

Transitional provisions

13.  Where, before the date of coming into force of these Regulations–

(a) a person was entitled to, but had not made a claim for the remission, in whole or in part, of any relevant charges or the payment, in whole or in part, of any relevant travelling expenses under either the National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) Regulations 1988(1) (“the 1988 Regulations”) or the National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) Regulations 2003(2) (“the 2003 Regulations”), that person may still make a claim under the 1988 Regulations or 2003 Regulations, as appropriate, as though for that purpose, the 1988 Regulations or 2003 Regulations, as the case may be, were in force and they and any other relevant instruments were not revoked by this or any earlier instrument;

(b) a person had made a claim for the remission, in whole or in part, of any relevant charges or the payment, in whole or in part, of any relevant travelling expenses under the 1988 or the 2003 Regulations and the claim has not been determined, the claim shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations; and

(c) a person has been issued with any document which gives an entitlement to a remission or payment under the 1988 or the 2003 Regulations in respect of a period or course of treatment which period or course of treatment continues after that date, the document shall continue to be effective in respect of such a remission or payment for the said period or course of treatment in accordance with the provisions of the 1988 or the 2003 Regulations as though they and the other instruments revoked by the 2003 Regulations and by these Regulations, remained in force.

(1)

S.I. 1988/546.

(2)

S.S.I. 2003/376.