20In any case where an NHS trust provides goods or services for the benefit of an individual and—
(a)the provision of those goods or services is not pursuant to an NHS contract, and
(b)the individual is resident outside the United Kingdom and is of a description (being a description associating the individual with another country) specified for the purposes of this paragraph by a direction made by the Secretary of State,
the trust shall be remunerated by the Secretary of State in respect of the provision of the goods or services in question at such rate or rates as he considers appropriate.