Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations further amend the National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/546) (“the principal Regulations”) which provide for the remission and repayment of certain charges which would otherwise be payable under the National Health Service Act 1978 and for the payment of travelling expenses incurred attending a hospital.
These Regulations amend the principal Regulations to provide for the remission of charges or payment of travelling expenses to asylum – seekers and their dependants.