2001 No. 3322 (W.275)
The National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Amendment) (No.2) (Wales) Regulations 2001
Made
Coming into force
The National Assembly for Wales in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by sections 83A, 126(4) and 128(1) of the National Health Service Act 1977 1 hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement, interpretation and application1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the National Health (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Amendment) (No.2) (Wales) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 1st October 2001.
2
In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) Regulations 19882.
3
These Regulations apply to Wales only.
Amendment of regulation 4 of the principal Regulations2
In regulation 4 of the principal Regulations (description of persons entitled to full remission and payment), there shall be added at the end of paragraph (m) the word “or” and the following paragraph—
n
a relevant child for the purposes of section 23A of the Children Act 1989 to whose maintenance a responsible local authority is contributing under section 23B(8) of that Act
Amendment of regulation 7 of the principal Regulations3
In paragraph 1(a)(ii) of regulation 7 of the principal Regulations (claims for remission or payment), for “or (m)” substitute “(m) or (n)”.
Amendment of Schedule 1A of the principal Regulations4
In Schedule 1A of the principal Regulations (periods of validity of notices of entitlement), after paragraph 9 there shall be added the following paragraph—
10
A relevant child for the purposes of section 23A of the Children Act 1989 to whose maintenance a responsible local authority is contributing under section 23B(8) of that Act.
12 months or until the child’s 18th birthday whichever is longer
Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 19984
(This note is not part of the Regulations)