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2. The Social Security Coordination (Reciprocal Healthcare) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019(1) are amended as follows.
3. For regulation 6 substitute—
6. In the Human Tissue Act 2004 (Ethical Approval, Exceptions from Licensing and Supply of Information about Transplants) Regulations 2006(2), in Schedule 2 (receipt of transplantable material), in paragraph 10, in the text following “case) that—”—
(a)for sub-paragraph (a) (including the “or” at the end) substitute—
“(a)the treatment of the recipient was provided under a listed healthcare arrangement as defined in regulation 1(3) of the Healthcare (European Economic Area and Switzerland Arrangements) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019(3), or”;
(b)omit sub-paragraph (b).”.
4. For regulation 8 substitute—
8. In regulation 74F (information relating to overseas visitors) of the National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 2015(4)—
(a)for paragraph (1)(b) (but not the words following that paragraph) substitute—
“(b)where applicable in the case of a patient, record the fact that the patient is the holder of a document—
(i)which is—
(aa)a European Health Insurance Card;
(bb)an S1 Healthcare Certificate; or
(cc)a document which, for the purposes of a listed healthcare arrangement as defined in regulation 1(3) of the Healthcare (European Economic Area and Switzerland Arrangements) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, is treated as equivalent to a document referred to in sub-paragraph (aa) (“EHIC equivalent document”) or (bb) (“S1 equivalent document”); and
(ii)which has not been issued to or in respect of the patient by the United Kingdom,”;
(b)in paragraph (2)(a)—
(i)after “European Health Insurance Card” insert “or EHIC equivalent document”;
(ii)after “that card” insert “or document”;
(c)in paragraph (4)—
(i)after “S1 Healthcare Certificate” insert “or S1 equivalent document”;
(ii)after the remaining references to “certificate” (in both places), insert “or document”.”.
5. For regulation 9 substitute—
9. In regulation 67F (information relating to overseas visitors) of the National Health Service (Personal Medical Services Agreements) Regulations 2015(5)—
(a)for paragraph (1)(b) (but not the words following that paragraph) substitute—
“(b)where applicable in the case of a patient, record the fact that the patient is the holder of a document—
(i)which is—
(aa)a European Health Insurance Card;
(bb)an S1 Healthcare Certificate; or
(cc)a document which, for the purposes of a listed healthcare arrangement as defined in regulation 1(3) of the Healthcare (European Economic Area and Switzerland Arrangements) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, is treated as equivalent to a document referred to in sub-paragraph (aa) (“EHIC equivalent document”) or (bb) (“S1 equivalent document”); and
(ii)which has not been issued to or in respect of the patient by the United Kingdom,”;
(b)in paragraph (2)(a)—
(i)after “European Health Insurance Card” insert “or EHIC equivalent document”;
(ii)after “that card” insert “or document”;
(c)in paragraph (4)—
(i)after “S1 Healthcare Certificate” insert “or S1 equivalent document”;
(ii)after the remaining references to “certificate” (in both places), insert “or document”.”.
6. Omit regulation 17 and Schedule 5 (savings and transitional provision).
S.I. 2006/1260; relevant amendments were made by S.I. 2011/1043 and 2012/1809.
S.I. 2015/1862; relevant amendments were made by S.I. 2017/908 and 2020/226.
S.I. 2015/1879; relevant amendments were made by S.I. 2017/908 and 2020/226.