1988 No. 8
The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Amendment Regulations 1988
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of powers conferred on him by section 121 of the National Health Service Act 19771 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Amendment Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 1st February 1988.
Amendment of Regulations2
1
The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (No. 2) Regulations 19822 are amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.
2
In regulation 3 (services exempted from charges), for paragraph (d) there is substituted the following paragraph—
d
at a special clinic for the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases or in respect of a sexually transmitted disease by virtue of a reference from such a clinic, but in the case of services which relate to infection with any Human Immunodeficiency Virus, only to the extent that they consist of a diagnostic test for evidence of infection with any such Virus and counselling associated with that test or its result;
3
In Schedule 3 (charges for services provided for overseas visitors otherwise than as in-patients) to columns (1), (2) and (3) there are added at the end the following entries set out in columns (1), (2) and (3) respectively—
Column (1) | Column (2) | Column (3) |
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Services provided | Hospital Class A—E | Hospital Class F and G |
| ||
14.50 | ||
14.50 |
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Services.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)