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

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22A.(1) No charge may be made or recovered in respect of any relevant services provided to an overseas visitor who—

(a)is lawfully present in the United Kingdom; and

(b)is ordinarily resident in Ukraine.

(2) This paragraph applies to an overseas visitor who, during the relevant period—

(a)received relevant services from a relevant body and who is exempt from charges for those services by virtue of—

(i)paragraph (1);

(ii)regulation 25(2)(d) (family members of overseas visitors); or

(iii)regulation 25(3)(a)(iii) (child aged 3 months or less born to a parent lawfully present in the United Kingdom and ordinarily resident in Ukraine); or

(b)received relevant services consisting of treatment the need for which arose during the visit from a relevant body and who is exempt from charges for those services by virtue of being—

(i)an authorised companion; or

(ii)an authorised child

who has been granted leave to enter the United Kingdom to accompany a person who is exempt from charges under paragraph (1).

(3) An overseas visitor to whom paragraph (2) applies is to be treated for the purposes of these Regulations as if, at the time that the relevant services were provided, the overseas visitor was an overseas visitor in respect of whom no charge may be made or recovered for those relevant services.

(4) A relevant body which, in respect of an overseas visitor to whom paragraph (2) applies, has—

(a)yet to make charges under regulation 3 (obligation to make and recover charges), must not make the charges;

(b)made charges under regulation 3 but has yet to recover the charges, must not recover the charges; or

(c)made charges under regulation 3 and received payment in respect of the charges, must repay any sum paid in respect of the charges in accordance with regulation 5 (repayment of a sum recovered or secured by a relevant body).

(5) Paragraphs (1) to (3) do not apply in respect of chargeable assisted conception services.

(6) In this regulation “the relevant period” means the period from 24th February 2022 to the coming into force of these Regulations.]

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