The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2015

Treatment the need for which arose during the visit E+W

24.— [F1 (1)]  No charge may be made or recovered in respect of any relevant services, consisting of treatment the need for which arose during the visit, provided to an overseas visitor who is any of the following—

(a) a national of a state which is a contracting party to the European Convention on Social and Medical Assistance (agreed in Paris on 11th December 1953) M1 or the European Social Charter (agreed in Turin on 18th October 1961) M2 and is—

(i) lawfully present in the United Kingdom; and

(ii) without sufficient resources to pay the charge;

(b) an authorised child or an authorised companion.

[F2 (2) No charge may be made or recovered in respect of any relevant services, consisting of treatment the need for which arose during the relevant period, provided to an overseas visitor who—

(a) is in the United Kingdom during the relevant period;

(b) has been given an accreditation pass by the Organising Committee to allow them to participate in the Games; and

(c) is not part of the Games Workforce.

(3) In this regulation—

the “Games” and the “Organising Committee” have the meaning given in section 1 of the Birmingham Commonwealth Games Act 2020;

“the relevant period” means the period beginning with 14th July 2022 and ending with 17th August 2022;

the “Games Workforce” means—

(a)

a person engaged by the Organising Committee; or

(b)

a person engaged to a supplier, contractor or sub-contractor of the Organising Committee.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 24 renumbered as reg. 24(1) (14.2.2022) by The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/19), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(a)

F2 Reg. 24(2)(3) inserted (14.2.2022) by The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/19), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(b)

Marginal Citations

M1 Cmd. 9512. The Convention entered into force in respect of the United Kingdom on 7th September 1954.

M2 Cmd. 2643. The Charter entered into force in respect of the United Kingdom on 11th July 1962. Article 13 provides the right to social and medical assistance.