The Health Services (Cross-Border Health Care and Miscellaneous Amendments) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Regulation 16

SCHEDULE 1 Modifications to the 2013 Regulations for pre-exit day cases

1.  The modifications of the 2013 Regulations referred to in regulation 16 are that those Regulations are to be read as if—

(a) in regulation 2 (interpretation)—

(i) in the definition of “resident patient”, for “the United Kingdom is” there were substituted “immediately before exit day the United Kingdom was”;

(ii) in the definition of “visiting patient”, for “a member State other than the United Kingdom is” there were substituted “immediately before exit day a member State other than the United Kingdom was”;

(b) in the heading to regulation 5 (national contact point: information about treatment in another member State), for “another member State” there were substituted “a member State”;

(c) in regulation 5—

(i) for references to “other member States” there were substituted “member States”;

(ii) for the reference to “another member State” there were substituted “a member State”;

(d) regulation 5A (National Contact Point: information about prescriptions intended to be used in another member State) were omitted;

(e) for regulation 6(1) (National Contact Point: cross-border co-operation) there were substituted—

“(1) In so far as it considers it appropriate for the purposes of giving effect to regulation 16 of the National Health Service (Cross-Border Healthcare and Miscellaneous Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, the NCP must co-operate with the national contact points in member States and any other national contact points established in the United Kingdom.”;

(f) regulation 7 (National Contact Point: duty to consult) were omitted;

(g) in regulation 12—

(i) in paragraph (2) for “P is” there were substituted “immediately before exit day P was”;

(ii) in paragraph (2)(a), for “is resident” there were substituted “was resident”;

(iii) in paragraph (2)(b), for “is the competent member State” there were substituted “was the competent member State”;

(iv) in paragraph (4)(b) at the end there were inserted “as it had effect immediately before exit day”;

(h) the schedule (elements that must be included in prescriptions intended to be used in another member State) were omitted.