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