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The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Scotland) Regulations 1989
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Exemption from charges for treatment the need for which arose during the visitS
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 stateless person or refugee, 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 [F1, civil partner] or child of a person, who has at any time had not less than ten years' continuous [F2lawful] 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 [F3, civil partner] or child of a person, who has at any time had not less than ten years' continuous [F4lawful] 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 [F5or
(f)an authorised child or an authorised companion] [F6or
(g)in the United Kingdom between 16th July 2012 and 10th August 2012 inclusive as part of the “Games Family” (in this regulation “Games Family” means the group of individuals who are taking part or involved in the Olympic or Paralympic Games in London 2012 and who have been given a letter code for the purpose of receiving free treatment the need for which arose during the visit to the United Kingdom).]
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F1Words in reg. 5(b) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Modification of Subordinate Legislation) Order 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/572), arts. 1, 6
F2Word in reg. 5(b) inserted (28.9.2004) by The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2004 (S.S.I. 2004/369), regs. 1(1), 5(a)(i)
F3Words in reg. 5(e) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Modification of Subordinate Legislation) Order 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/572), arts. 1, 6
F4Word in reg. 5(e) inserted (28.9.2004) by The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2004 (S.S.I. 2004/369), regs. 1(1), 5(a)(ii)
F5Reg. 5(f) and word inserted (28.9.2004) by The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2004 (S.S.I. 2004/369), regs. 1(1), 5(b)
F6Reg. 5(g) and word inserted (1.5.2012) by The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.S.I. 2012/87), regs. 1, 2(2)
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Cmd. 9512 of 1955.
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