2014 No. 70
The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2014
Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 98 and 105 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 19781 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
Citation and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 1st May 2014.
Amendment of the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Scotland) Regulations 19892
1
The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Scotland) Regulations 19892 are amended as follows.
2
In regulation 3(d) (services exempted from charges) omit from “, but” to “result” inclusive.
3
In regulation 5 (exemption from charges for treatment the need for which arose during the visit)—
a
after sub-paragraph (f) insert—
fa
in Scotland between 7th July and 7th August 2014 inclusive as part of the “Games Family” (in this regulation “Games Family” means the group of individuals who are taking part or are involved in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and who have been given a letter code for the purpose of receiving free treatment the need for which arose during the visit to Scotland).
b
omit sub-paragraph (g).
4
In Schedule 1 (diseases for the treatment of which no charge is to be made) insert “Human Immunodeficiency Virus” after the entry for ‘Food Poisoning’.
5
In Schedule 2 (countries or territories in respect of which the United Kingdom Government has entered into a reciprocal agreement)—
a
omit the following entries—
Guernsey and its bailiwick
Hungary
Iceland
Malta
Poland
Romania
Slovak Republic
Union of Soviet Socialist Republic
Yugoslavia
b
insert the following entries in the correct place alphabetically—
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Bosnia
Croatia
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgystan
Macedonia
Moldova
Montenegro
Russia
Serbia
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
Revocation3
The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 20123 are revoked.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)