The National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) and (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) Amendment Regulations 2004

Amendments of the Charges Regulations concerning prisoners

3.—(1) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) of the Charges Regulations, the following definitions are inserted at the appropriate alphabetical place—

““prison” includes a young offender institution but not a secure training centre or a naval, military or air force prison, and for the purposes of this definition—

“secure training centre” means a place in which offenders subject to detention and training orders under section 100 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000(1) (offenders under 18: detention and training orders) may be detained and given training and education and prepared for their release; and

“young offender institution” means a place for the detention of offenders sentenced to detention in a young offender institution or to custody for life; and

“prisoner” means a person who is detained in a prison in which medical, dental, ophthalmic, pharmaceutical or nursing services are provided under the Act by, or under arrangements made by, a Primary Care Trust otherwise than by virtue of section 18A(5) of the Act (provision of services etc.)(2).”.

(2) After regulation 7 the following regulation is inserted—

“Exemption from charges for prisoners

7A.   A prisoner shall not be liable to pay any charge under these Regulations.”.

(1)

2000 c. 6.

(2)

Section 18A was inserted in the National Health Service Act 1977 by section 5 of the Health Act 1999 (c. 8).