Amendment of the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 20152

1

The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 20152 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 13A (persons who make late applications under Appendix EU to the immigration rules)—

a

in paragraph (1), for “Subject to paragraph (4), no” substitute “No”;

b

omit paragraph (4);

c

for paragraph (5) substitute—

5

Where a person has made an application mentioned in paragraph (2)(b) or (3)(b) and has received relevant services during the period specified in paragraph (1), if the relevant body—

a

has made charges for relevant services received during that period, but has not yet recovered them, it must not recover those charges;

b

has made and recovered charges for relevant services received during that period, it must repay any sum paid in respect of those charges.