PART 3AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE (WALES) ACT 2006

Payment of travelling expenses

6.  In section 131 (payment of travelling expenses) of the NHS (Wales) Act, for paragraph (a) substitute—

(a)for the payment by the Welsh Ministers, a Local Health Board or an NHS trust, in such cases as may be prescribed, of travelling expenses (including the travelling expenses of a companion) incurred or to be incurred for the purpose of their obtaining—

(i)any services provided under this Act,

(ii)any services in respect of which the costs are reimbursable under section 6A, or

(iii)any services authorised to be received in another EEA state or Switzerland under Article 20 or Article 27(3) of Regulation (EC) No. 883/2004,.