5. No charge for services forming part of the health service, provided only for the purpose of giving treatment the need for which arose during the visit, shall be made in respect of any overseas visitor who is–
(a)a national of a member State, or a refugee or a stateless person, or a member of the family of any of them, resident in each case in the territory of a member State; or
(b)a person, or the spouse or child of a person, who has at any time had not less than ten years continuous residence in the United Kingdom or not less than ten years continuous service as a Crown servant employed in the right of Her Majesty’s Government of the United Kingdom and is in receipt of a pension or benefit under the Social Security Act 1975 or the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975; or
(c)a person resident in a country, other than Israel, or territory specified in Schedule 2; or
(d)a person who is without sufficient resources to pay the charge and who is a national of a country which is a contracting party to the European Convention on Social and Medical Assistance 1954(1); or
(e)a person, or the spouse or child of a person, who has at any time had not less than ten years continuous residence in the United Kingdom and who is resident in a member State or in a country, other than Israel, or territory specified in Schedule 2.
Cmd. 9512 of 1955.