1994 No. 1770 (S.79)
The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1994
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 98, 105(7) and 108(1) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 19781 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and interpretation1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1994 and shall come into force on 3rd August 1994.
2
In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Scotland) Regulations 19892.
Amendment of regulation 1 of the principal Regulations2
Paragraph (2) of regulation 1 of the principal Regulations (citation, commencement and interpretation) shall be amended by substituting for the definition of “Member State” the following:–
“Member State”means a State which is a Contracting Party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area3 but until that Agreement comes into force in relation to Liechtenstein does not include the State of Liechtenstein;
Amendment of regulation 3 of the principal Regulations3
Paragraph (a) of regulation 3 of the principal Regulations (services exempted from charges) shall be amended by substituting for the words “, casualty department, or dental or ophthalmic emergency department” the words “or casualty department”.
Amendment of regulation 4 of the principal Regulations4
Regulation 4 of the principal Regulations (overseas visitors exempt from charges) shall be amended by–
a
inserting at the end of paragraph (o) the word “; or”;
b
inserting after paragraph (o) the following:–
p
who–
i
is not a national of a Member State; and
ii
is a national of a State which is a signatory to the European Social Charter4; and
iii
is not entitled to be provided with such services under a reciprocal agreement specified in Schedule 2; and
iv
is without sufficient resources to pay the charge.
Amendment of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations5
Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (diseases for the treatment of which no charge is to be made) shall be amended by–
a
inserting after the entry for Leptospirosis an entry for Lyme disease;
b
inserting after the entry for Tetanus an entry for Toxoplasmosis; and
c
substituting for the entry for Viral haemorrhagic fever an entry for Viral haemorrhagic fevers5.
Amendment of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations6
Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations (countries or territories in respect of which the United Kingdom Government has entered into a reciprocal agreement) shall be amended by–
a
deleting the entries for Austria, Czechoslovakia, Finland and Norway;
b
inserting at such places in the alphabetical order as are appropriate entries for Barbados, Czech Republic, Russian Federation and Slovak Republic; and
c
inserting at the end of the entry for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics the words “except the States of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and the Russian Federation6”.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)