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2. The NHS (Wales) Act is to be read as if—
(a)sections 6A (reimbursement of cost of services provided in an EEA State) and 6B (prior authorisation for the purposes of section 6A) were omitted;
(b)in the heading to section 6BA (reimbursement of cost of services provided in an EEA state), for the reference to “another EEA state” there were substituted “an EEA state”;
(c)in section 6BA(3), for the reference to “an EEA state other than the United Kingdom” there were substituted “an EEA state”;
(d)for section 6BA(15) there were substituted—
“(15) In this section and section 6BB—
“authorised provider”, in relation to any service provided in an EEA state, means a person who is lawfully providing that service;
“NHS charge” means a charge payable under regulations made under section 121(1), 125(1) or 128(1);
“service” includes any goods, including drugs, medicines and appliances, which are used or supplied in connection with the provision of a service, but does not include accommodation other than hospital accommodation.”;
(e)in section 131(a)(ii) (payment of travelling expenses) for the reference to “section 6A or 6BA” there were substituted “section 6BA”;
(f)in section 206(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “Regulation (EC) No. 883/2004” at the end there were inserted “as continued by regulation 17 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Social Security Coordination (Reciprocal Healthcare) (Amendment etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019”.
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