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The Recovery of Health Services Charges (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

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Citation, commencement and interpretationN.I.

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Recovery of Health Services Charges (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 29th January 2007.

(2) In these Regulations—

“certificate” means a certificate issued under Article 4;

“Department” means the Department for Social Development;

“hospital” means a health services hospital within the meaning of Article 2;

[F1“the 2005 Regulations” means the Provision of Health Services to Persons not Ordinarily Resident Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005;]

“the Order” means the Recovery of Health Services Charges (Northern Ireland) Order 2006.

[F1“visitor” means a person not ordinarily resident in Northern Ireland;]

[F1“visitors' charge” means a charge in accordance with Article 42 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 for the provision of health services treatment, where no exemption from charges under the 2005 Regulations applies.]

(3) A reference in these Regulations to a numbered Article or Schedule is a reference to that Article of, or that Schedule to, the Order.

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